Anthony Van Dyck’s trainer has paid tribute to the celebrated racehorse, who was euthanised during Tuesday afternoon’s Melbourne Cup in Flemington.
Despite being one of the favourites to clinch victory, Anthony Van Dyck went lame on the straight after suffering a fractured fetlock. The horse was loaded into an ambulance before being put down.
The bay stallion is the second horse in three years to die because of an injury sustained in the Melbourne Cup after Cliffs of Moher was euthanised in 2018. Both horses were trained by the same trainer, Aidan O’Brien.
“He was a very kind, sound,…
