3 h. ago Jockey Sam James rushed to hospital as horse dies in horror incident at Ascot

Excellent Echo passed away in the incident which saw Nordic Norm rider Sam James injured.

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4 h. ago Horse dies and jockey is hospitalised after rough fall at Ascot as stewards postpone enquiry into tragic incident

Excellent Echo, ridden by Oisin Murphy, fell on Friday. The horse suffered a broken leg and carried own down the track before being caught by his handler at the winning post.

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4 h. ago Horse dies and jockey rushed to hospital after horrific Ascot incident

An Ascot race became a horrible tragedy as a 3-year-old horse broke his leg in a collision, leaving his jockey unscathed but another jockey hospitalised

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7 h. ago Horse dies and jockey taken to hospital after horrific Ascot fall as screens go up

A horse has tragically been put down and a jockey taken to hospital after an accident during the Sodexo Live! Handicap at Ascot's Royal meeting

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7 h. ago Horse dies and jockey taken to hospital after horrific incident at Ascot

Excellent Echo did not survive the accident in which his jockey Oisin Murphy got up safely but Sam James was taken away in ambulance after receiving treatment on the track

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9 d. ago Legendary jockey Geoff Lewis dies at 89 as 'one of racing's great characters' remembered

Geoff Lewis, a highly respected jockey who won both the Derby and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in the same year, has sadly passed away aged 89

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4 w. ago The Rise and Fall of the Clash Redux review – screen encore for punk’s raging heroes

Danny Garcia’s second take on the band’s story looks past their riotous ascent to the gloomier and rather less watchable years that followedHere’s a downbeat, slightly miserable documentary about the Clash, a “redux” in fact by director Danny Garcia of his 2012 film The Rise and Fall of the Clash. Perhaps that earlier version had more to say about how the Clash came raging out of London’s punk scene in the 1970s; this one only really gets going in 1982 when Joe Strummer boots drummer Topper Headon out of the band for heroin addiction, then a year later kicks out guitarist Mick Jones. Rise and Fall Redux is a portrait of the band as a sinking ship, finally disbanding in 1986.It is a film groaning with talking heads. Pick of them is Viv Albertine of the Slits who sums the Clash up nicely when she says: “They were best when they were small and angry when they were hard and angry and poor.” Others indulge in a bit intellectual waffle. The only member of the classic lineup to appear is g...

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