Tragic day at Newbury races as two horses die in paddock

This piece of mine appears in today's First Post

Eyewitness account: Neil Clark describes a black day for British racing

The thousands who piled into Newbury racecourse yesterday - myself included - were looking forward to watching some top quality racing on one of the most prestigious days in the National Hunt calendar. None of us could have predicted we would witness one of the most appalling tragedies ever seen on a racecourse.

You can read the whole of the piece here.