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    Heartbreak at Cheltenham Festival as horse dies a week after leading jockey’s funeral procession

    by Alex Ross Mar 12, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

    The favourite horse of an amateur jockey who died last month has tragically become the first to lose its life at Cheltenham Festival this year.

    Highland Hunter was once ridden daily by 25-year-old Keagan Kirkby, who was killed in a fall while riding at a point-to-point event in Kent on 4 February.

    At his funeral in Somerset last Tuesday, the 11-year-old grey led the coffin procession to the church

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