DAVID MENUISIER

paid tribute to “horse of a lifetime” Thundering Blue after the popular grey suffered a fatal injury at Goodwood. The seven- year- old was pulled up sharply by Jamie Spencer with two furlongs to run in the tote Foundation Stakes and was taken for X- Rays. Menuisier later confirmed the son of Exchange Rate could not be saved. He tweeted: “I can’t really describe how painful it is to have to report the loss of our beloved Thundering Blue. “He will be remembered as the horse of a lifetime and a great friend.” Thundering Blue won six of his 29 races, including the Group Two York Stakes and won more than £ 460,000 in prize money.