“He had no more to give.” That broke my heart.
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That’s a lot for the jockey to have to carry. Rest easy, Celebre d’Allen.
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I have never looked it up, and I don’t want to.
But I feel like way, way, way too many horses over the years have died as a result of that race.
Probably some jockeys as well, but at least they got to make the decision for themselves about whether or not to participate.
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I read that story and felt so sorry for that poor horse. I wish the jockey could have been stopped sooner. Maybe the horse wouldn’t have died. 
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This just gives animal rights groups more to protest. Maybe they need to shorten the race or do away with it altogether. Flat racing is dangerous enough. Do they really need to jump that many fences over that many miles?
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I dunno. Duffle Coat lost his rider at fence #3, and still finished the entire race… just cantered along behind the field all the way.
And he had opportunities to stop, when other horses were pulled up at fences but no… he kept on going. He was the best thing to watch all race.
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Cause of death: “a severe bacterial respiratory infection (pleuropneumonia) had occurred post-race which led to the horse’s deterioration on Monday evening, with the subsequent onset of sepsis or endotoxaemia (the release of harmful substances into the bloodstream from bacteria) likely to have been a key factor in the cause of death”.
Here’s the link (you have to scroll through numerous ads to read the entire article): https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/grand-national-celebre-dallen-death-35032305
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Heartbreakingly sad.
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Is it possible he had a subclinical infection the entire time and that was why he collapsed on the track?
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The jockey violated multiple rules.
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The jockey should be banned for a lot longer than 10 days, imo. Although I can’t imagine anyone wanting to put him up on their horses.
Here’s another article.
There’s a lot to learn from this case.
https://paulickreport.com/horse-care-category/post-mortem-reveals-grand-national-runner-died-of-sepsis-from-respiratory-infection
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Yeah, I find it hard to believe he was in such bad shape during the race but that’s not what killed him, it’s what happened after. 
Well, is it possible he had a pocket of infection/abcess that ruptured after the race, resulting in sepsis? Honest query.
My own dad showed no elevated wbc on a Wednesday but he was delirious/confused. On Friday he fell apart, and on Saturday his wbc was over 19,000. Normal is 9000 - 11000. He died the following Thursday in hospice care he was so messed up from the whole event.
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I know of a race horse that trained well, looked the picture of gleaming good health, lived under the eagle eye of a good trainer and regular vet supervision who then ran like a donkey in his race. Subsequently he was found to have had an undetected lung abscess and the hard work of actually racing, rather than just training, caused it to burst. The horse is fully recovered and is racing fit again.
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This is from a few days ago, but I am just now catching up on the thread.
Micheal Nolan, the jockey, isn’t an unfeeling monster. He did not appeal his suspension, and was pretty upset about Celebre D’Allen’s death.
Micheal Nolan on Celebre D’Allen
My own feelings on the Grand National: four-and-a-half miles is grueling. They’ve cut the max field size from 40 to 35; maybe cut it down to 30 and knock six furlongs or so off the distance? “Tradition”, I know, but if racing adhered strictly to tradition then flat racing would still feature four-mile heats.
One argument against cutting field size is that doing so would limit entrants to trainers with big established yards and deep-pocketed owners.
Ahh, I spy a Jo fan 
just watch the ending to the Grand National every year and you’ll see all you need to see. How many of those horses are absolutely gassed at the end, being hit to give a little bit more in the final furlong. and how many more are pulled up along the way for exhaustion. Unfortunately jump racing in Europe has proven time and again that no one really cares how many horses die at every meet; they just continue on and turn a blind eye. It happens every year and it’s just part of the norm.
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And now this too:
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