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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/horses-electrocuted-at-racecourse.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Racing at Newbury was abandoned after two horses collapsed and died in the parade ring" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-horses-electrocuted-at-racecourse.jpg" alt="Racing at Newbury was abandoned after two horses collapsed and died in the parade ring"/></a></p>
<p>Two horses have collapsed and died after apparently being electrocuted in a freak incident at Newbury racecourse.</p>
<p>The meeting had to be abandoned after Fenix Two and Marching Song were killed as a result of what is believed to have been an electric shock emanating from underneath the paddock.</p>
<p>A further two horses were seen to &#8220;wobble&#8221; and a lead rein on one of the dead animals was rumoured to have shown traces of burning. The racing was cancelled after the first run due to health and safety concerns.</p>
<p>Newbury chairman Christopher Spence said: &#8220;It&#8217;s a nightmare for everybody. We can&#8217;t be certain what it is, we all think it&#8217;s electric, but we don&#8217;t know.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s easy to say carry on and hope for the best, but just hoping is not something we should or could do. We&#8217;ve got to look after our customers and we&#8217;ve got to look after the horses, so very regrettably we&#8217;ve called the meeting off. We&#8217;ve looked at the cables and we couldn&#8217;t see any damage and no work has been carried out on the paddock since the last meeting.&#8221;</p>
<p>Jonjo O&#8217;Neill, trainer of Fenix Two, said he noticed the horse in front of his, Kid Cassidy, go down on his knees before his horse was struck. &#8220;Mine reared up and we couldn&#8217;t get him back, it was like he was stuck to the ground. It was the weirdest thing I&#8217;ve ever seen in my life,&#8221; Mr O&#8217;Neill said.</p>
<p>Marching Song&#8217;s part-owner Graham Thorner said the fallen horse had &#8220;great potential&#8221; and added: &#8220;To a layman with no evidence, you would say it was electrical. The lad who was with him was saying &#8216;I&#8217;m getting an electric shock off this horse&#8217;. </p>
<p>&#8220;It can&#8217;t be coincidence four horses have done the same thing and two have died, all in the same area. Three people said they were getting a shock off the horse. I hope we find out what it was but it doesn&#8217;t bring the horses back.&#8221;</p>
<p>Professor Tim Morris, director of Equine Science and Welfare for the British Horseracing Authority, confirmed a full investigation is under way, adding: &#8220;Both horses have been sent for post-mortem examinations, and samples from both horses, and from the other two horses involved in the incident, have been taken and will be analysed.</p>
<p>&#8220;We will also be testing a sample of the water supply and have secured and will review all of the CCTV footage from the racecourse stables and footage from the parade ring itself at the time.&#8221;</p>
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