River Proud suffers fatal collapse at Longchamp

The Prix du Prince d'Orange at Longchamp was marred by the death of Paul Cole's River Proud.

Sat, 20 Sep, 2008 - 20:32

The Prix du Prince d'Orange at Longchamp was marred by the death of Paul Cole's River Proud.

Oliver Peslier had cut out much of the running on the three-year-old but he was struggling in the straight and tragically collapsed and died.

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