Trainer Paul Nicholls has today confirmed that Silviniaco Conti has died following a incident while team chasing on Sunday morning.
The classy chaser won over £1 million in prize money throughout his luxurious racing career, picking up some major honours in the process.
Paul Nicholls said via his Betfair column:
He was a brilliant horse with great scope and won seven Grade 1 chases for us including the King George VI in successive years and also six Grade 2 chases.
However, Conti didn’t seem to be himself when seen at the Aintree festival last year, finishing a remote sixth in the Betway Bowl, and not long after he was retired and began to enjoy a new life with Charlotte Alexander in Stow-on-the-Wold.
Nicholls added.
The initial diagnosis at the vets on Monday suggested he would be fine but unfortunately he took a turn for the worse and died early this afternoon.
A sad day for Paul Nicholls and owners Chris Giles and Sullivan Bloodstock.
