Seven Cheltenham fatalities to be assessed by horse racing authorities

Four of the fatal injuries were not caused by a fall at a fence or hurdle.

The British Horseracing Authority is planning a full assessment after the deaths of seven horses over the four days of the Cheltenham Festival.

Long Dog became the sixth fatality after he broke down in between obstacles in the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle on the final day of the meeting, while Jonjo O'Neill's Montdragon was pulled up in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Hurdle and later collapsed and died.