There have been volumes written about this remarkable horse trainer, but the following vignettes which I wrote for The Backstretch magazine in April 1996 capture as well as any words the essence of Charlie Whittingham, the trainer, the man and the legend. In addition to Toby, he lost a hard-hitting allowance horse named Great, who suffered a training injury. And on Thursday, the stakes-winning Qathif died suddenly from an attack of colic. He was just standing there under the shedrow when it happened. He was fine.
Some horses are colicky.
It can be caused by picking up worms when they re young. He confirmed that an autopsy would be performed on Qathif to determine the exact cause of death. The horse is dead. But one trainer who did not adhere to such strict early hours was the late Laz Barrera . I always told all these guys, I ll bury all you sons of bitches.