February 4th, 2013 | 
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Darlan
Darlan
Terribly sad today to hear of the sad death of Darlan. We had written about the six year old on a couple of occasions just recently as part of our Cheltenham Festival coverage. The fatal fall occurred during Monday’s trial, with Darlan falling at the last hurdle as he led comfortably. Jockey Tony McCoy gave up the rest of his rides at the meeting. Visibly upset trainer Nicky Henderson said that the jockey was “in bits”.