| Fallon pulls out of Hawkeyethenoo ride • Jim Goldie on lookout for new jockey for second favourite• Ex-champion rider switched to Newbury for Luca CumaniKieren Fallon is unlikely to be available to ride Hawkeyethenoo, the well-backed second favourite for Saturday's Ayr Gold Cup, as he will instead be sent to Newbury by his main employer, Luca Cumani. Jim Goldie, trainer of the 8-1 shot, is now at a loss to know who will be available to take over in the saddle."I thought I had him, now I haven't," Goldie said. "I have several irons in the fire for a replacement but they are in a similar position with commitments here and there. We will just have to wait and see."Goldie says he has kept Hawkeyethenoo under wraps since the four-year-old won a valuable race at York in July, with Fallon aboard. The hope is that he can become the Ayr race's first Scottish-trained winner since 1975."This is my best chance [in the Ayr Gold Cup] for a long while," Goldie added. "I haven't troubled the judge at all. I think fifth is the best I've done."Fallon's agent, Gareth Owen, confirmed that the jockey was expected at Newbury to parner Forte Dei Marmi in a handicap that often serves as a Camebridgeshire trial. "We go where Mr Cumani tells us," Owen said.Delegator, runner-up to Sea The Stars in last year's 2,000 Guineas, may have his first run of the season in a Listed race at Newbury on Friday. Purchased by Godolphin for an undisclosed sum last summer, the colt has been sidelined by an unspecified injury since running fifth in the Breeders' Cup Mile in November."He worked well on Monday and I was really happy with him," said his trainer, Saeed bin Suroor. "He has had setbacks but the horse is coming now and he needs a confidence-booster to start with."Delegator holds an entry in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot the following weekend but it must be highly unlikely that he would be aimed at such a high-quality race so soon after his comeback.Horse racingKieren FallonChris Cookguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
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Pettigrew died of antihistamine overdose • Sprinter had 'lethal concentration of diphenhydramine' in blood• The 42-year-old was stripped of Olympic gold for dopingAntonio Pettigrew, the former world 400 metres champion, died in August of an antihistamine overdose, a state autopsy report said today.The death was ruled a suicide with "diphenhydramine toxicity" as the cause, according to the autopsy and an accompanying investigation report released by the North Carolina chief medical examiner's office."A lethal concentration of diphenhydramine was detected in central and peripheral blood specimens," the autopsy found.Pettigrew, 42, was an assistant track and field coach at the University of North Carolina who was stripped of his 4x400m relay gold medal from the 2000 Olympics after admitting to doping. He also won the 400m world title in 1991. In addition to the Olympic gold, Pettigrew helped the US win three world titles in the 4x400m relay. He relinquished the Olympic gold and the world relay medals after admitting to using performance-enhancing substances.He was found unresponsive by friends in the back seat of his vehicle in central North Carolina on 10 August.An empty bottle of a sleep aid was found in the car, the investigation report said.Diphenhydramine, an antihistamine, is often used as a sleep aid and for the treatment of allergies."He told his wife to pray for him," the report said of a telephone call from Pettigrew the day before his body was found.Athleticsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Wayne Rooney backtracks, will re-up with Manchester United Rooney reversed course and agreed to a five-year contract with United on Friday, keeping him at the Premier League club until June 2015. rssfeeds.usatoday.com |