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Tragic end for Haya Zark, a five-year-old equine who participated this Sunday in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at the ParisLongchamp Hippodrome. Aged five, he died following a “physical problem” while racing.
One last dance… At the start of the 103rd edition of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe this Sunday at the ParisLongchamp Hippodrome, the horse Haya Zark tragically lost his life, Paris-Turf reported this Sunday evening. The specialized daily mentions a suspicion of internal bleeding regarding the cause of death.
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While in the lead group, the equine began to show worrying signs halfway through the race before being stopped by his jockey William Buick. Odette Fau’s champion, trained in Mayenne at the Senonnes-Pouancé center, died shortly after, he who was to compete in the last race of his career before becoming a stallion. The France Galop commissioners, who had opened an investigation “in order to examine the causes and consequences of the incident” indicated after the race “that Haya Zark had been the victim of a physical problem”.
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“We quickly realized that Haya Zark had a little something extra, in the feelings and the visual. With experience, we can identify the potential” confided her trainer Adrien Fouassier a few days before the race in Ouest -France. “He has real chances this year” we could also read concerning the one who had already participated in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe last year.
