Broadway Boy still needing 24-hour care after horrendous Grand National fall
GRAND National faller Broadway Boy is still needing 24-hour care in his recovery from a terrible Aintree fall.
The Nigel Twiston-Davies runner was having a great time pinging the famous fences when he came a cropper at the 25th – leaving jockey Tom Bellamy with a broken wrist after he was flung out of the saddle.
Seven-year-old gelding Broadway Boy was taken into a horse ambulance and spent the night at the Aintree stables where he was looked after by vets.
He returned home the following morning – but more than a week on is still needing round-the-clock care.
Willy Twiston-Davies, son and assistant trainer to Nigel, issued an update on one of their stable stars.
He said: “Broadway Boy is still making slow and steady progress.
“He’s walking out of the box nicely, going down and getting up fine.
“He’s had a very heavy fall, so it’s going to take a while to get him back to 100 per cent.
“He’s making the right progress at the moment and we’re giving him 24-hour care.”
Twiston-Davies was speaking after the yard suffered another devastating weekend at Ayr in the Scottish Grand National.
They sadly lost The Kniphand in the big race – one of two to suffer a fatal injury alongside Willie Mullins’ defending champ Macdermott.
The Kniphand was sent off 14-1 for the £200,000 feature where Mullins scooped the 1-2 with winner Captain Cody and runner-up Klarc Kent.
But he fell heavily two fences from home under jockey and Nigel’s son Sam Twiston-Davies.
The BHA are now reviewing the Scottish Grand National after just eight of the 23 runners finished.
Sadly, five horses have suffered fatal injuries in the race over the past five years.
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