Angels

[my miss storm cat]

A sad day for Godolphin.

Rest in peace, Royal Proposal.

From Sky Sports... no author listed.

DETTORI SURVIVES SPILL
Tuesday 10th October 2006


Frankie Dettori suffered an up-and-down day at Leicester on Tuesday afternoon despite the easy victory of Glen Nevis.
The Italian was aboard 2/7 shot Life in the opening maiden but the once-raced colt faded out of contention in the closing stages as 25/1 outsider Maid To Believe took the honours.

Glen Nevis, trained like Life by Jeremy Noseda, took the second division with the minimum fuss at odds of 4/9 but disaster struck for the jockey in the ladbrokescasino.com Fillies' conditions Stakes.

His mount Royal Proposal, who was running in the colours of Godolphin for the first time, slipped going down to the start suffering a life-ending injury in the process.

Dettori was able to walk away from the incident as he watched stablemate Pure Illusion provide scant compensation for the yard when repelling Air Biscuit under Martin Dwyer.