Ourbrowneyedgirl Fatally Injured at Ffos Las; Ambulance Prompts Track Inspection

Ourbrowneyedgirl, a 7-year-old bay mare owned by Woodhayes Racing Club and trained by Susan Gardner, suffered a fatal injury in the closing stages of the 3.22pm fairplaybet.co.uk BET £10 GET £10 Handicap Hurdle at Ffos Las on 20 February 2026, a race in which Lucy Gardner was in the saddle. Timeform lists the result for that 2M 4F (20f) handicap hurdle as F of 6 runners, with the going recorded as Heavy and an Official Rating shown as 95.

Timeform records that the Industry Starting Price for Ourbrowneyedgirl in the Ffos Las race was 8/1 with a Betfair SP of 11.00, although a conflict appears in the supplied race table where an ISP field is rendered as 8/19. The Ffos Las entry in the Timeform extract includes the race class header “Ffl C4 Hcap (0-115)” and the jockey listed as Lucy Gardner; other advanced race commentary was withheld as premium content in the Timeform feed.

The mare’s profile in Timeform confirms she is a bay mare foaled on 21 March 2019 and owned by Woodhayes Racing Club, with Susan Gardner named as her trainer and the pedigree given as DIAMOND BOY (FR) - HELLO SWEETIE - WESTERNER. Timeform’s form log shows her previous run on 3 February 2026 at Taunton, where she finished 2 of 10 in a C5 handicap hurdle over 19f on Soft ground, beaten 1.75 lengths and carrying an OR of 93; that race also lists Lucy Gardner as rider.

Before the Ffos Las incident, Timeform had recorded a future entry for Ourbrowneyedgirl at Taunton on 26 February 2026 in the weatherbysshop.co.uk Handicap Hurdle (4) over 23.9f, an entry that would need to be withdrawn or updated following today’s events. Career statistics in the supplied Timeform snapshot show she had run six hurdle races with zero wins and two places, and three bumper starts with zero wins and one place, meaning nine career starts without a victory and ISP profit/loss figures recorded as negative in the extract.

Racecourse operations were affected immediately after the incident when, as reported, “The horse ambulance caused track damage, prompting an inspection.” At The Races “extended condolences to all connections.” The supplied material contains no official veterinary cause of death, no steward or racecourse statement beyond the inspection note, and no direct comments from trainer Susan Gardner, owner Woodhayes Racing Club or jockey Lucy Gardner.

The supplied records also show a handful of internal inconsistencies and paywalled gaps that merit prompt verification: the ISP discrepancy in the Timeform extract (8/1 narrative versus 8/19 in the table), the exact nature and outcome of the track inspection, and any formal steward or veterinary report from Ffos Las or the British Horseracing Authority. Those confirmations will be essential for understanding whether today’s fatality and the ambulance-related track damage prompt operational or regulatory follow-up.