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Racing Cheltenham race abandoned hours after horse dies from heart attack

Soaring temperatures at Cheltenham today saw the JRL Group Mares’ Handicap Chase abandoned on welfare grounds after a horse died.

On an unseasonably hot afternoon in the Cotswolds, the decision was taken to not run the three-mile-two-furlong contest, which was scheduled to be the fourth race on the card.

Earlier, the Richard Hobson-trained Dame Rose collapsed and died after finishing fourth in the Huw Stevens, Jo Whiley Afterparty Onsale Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle.

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