I have been meaning to post this all week.
We are extremely sorry about the unfortunate fate of the beloved Lindisfarne, we always followed him and loved watching him in action, he did his trainer and team proud!
But........ picking up the Sunday news at chch airport last Sunday (Sunday news dosen't make it to Southland so this was a "treat") made us sick to the stomach, turning to the racing page, hoping to see the amazing win of Counter Punch and all its glory, we see a pic of ill fated Lindisfarne stricken on the track, disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF you want to open the racing page and see the "winnners" not the heartbreak hotel that we as trainers knows happens every day of the week!!
If he was my horse I would have been devastated seeing that pic (have lost a horse in same circumstances, so very true to the bone) I just think there has to be some censorship with this kind of journalism, if only they knew NO one wants to see this kind of ****e, racing coverage should be of the winners, sadly not of the losers with their hardluck stories and heartbreaking times, because as we all know that comes with the job, but don't want it splashed across the papers to see.
R.I.P Lindisfarne " A good Southern Joker"