Tragedy strikes Hidden Law following Chester Vase victory
JOY BEFORE AGONY: Hidden Law wins the Boodles Chester Vase Stakes but there was a horrible postscript to his success. Picture: Healy Racing
Joy for Charlie Appleby was short-lived at Chester when Hidden Law tragically suffered a fatal injury soon after passing the winning post as an impressive victor of the feature Boodles Chester Vase Stakes.
The Godolphin-owned son of Dubawi was sent off at 9-4 on the Roodee on the back of an impressive victory at Newbury last month and quickened up smartly in the hands of William Buick to scoot three-lengths clear of the enterprisingly-ridden gamble of the race, Aidan O'Brien's Agenda, in the closing stages.
