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The opening to Chester's historic May meeting was marred on Wednesday when the brilliant colt Hidden Law was fatally injured in front of stunned racegoers.
Hidden Law was owned by Godolphin, the operation of Sheikh Mohammed, trained by Charlie Appleby and ridden by William Buick. The trio had enjoyed outstanding success at Newmarket last Saturday when Notable Speech had won the QIPCO 2000 Guineas.
Appleby's horses are in outstanding form and Hidden Law had initially thrilled spectators with a sweeping turn of foot that had carried him to a three-and-a-half length win in the Boodle's Chester Vase. It was a performance that had thrust the three-year-old, who only raced for the first time in March, firmly into the reckoning for the Epsom Derby.
But immediately after passing the winning post, Hidden Law took a false step as he navigated a crossing that allows cars to leave the course. He landed awkwardly and suffered a fracture to his right front foreleg; he was immediately attended to by racecourse vets but could not be saved.
The incident, which changed the atmosphere immediately, was
