In Memory of (cont.)
El Tango

El Tango, parading in Cologne, Sep. 2007
It is in the very natur of the game that the loss of some horses is so much harder to take, and the wonderful El Tango, who died in only his third start over fences, in Auteuil on sunday, 4th of may 2008, is clearly such a horse. A near-black son of Acatenango, El Tango was a smashing racehorse on the flat, a dual St. Leger winner in his native Germany and winner over 230,000 in prizemoney; he even held his own in England when finishing a gutsy and honourable 6th in the 2007 Ebor-Handicap. El Tango was switched to France over winter to be trained by Francois Doumen, and was held in very high regard. But it was not meant to be for the 6-year-old, who, as an entire, would and should have been able to pass on his talents.
A heartwrenching loss, RIP boy.
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