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LONDON -- A severe respiratory infection is likely to have contributed to the death of Grand National runner Celebre d'Allen, according to the findings of the postmortem released Thursday.

LONDON (AP) — A severe respiratory infection is likely to have contributed to the death of Grand National runner Celebre d’Allen, according to the findings of the post-mortem released Thursday.

LONDON (AP) — A severe respiratory infection is likely to have contributed to the death of Grand National runner Celebre d’Allen, according to the findings of the post-mortem released Thursday. The ...

Grand National runner Celebre d’Allen died from a respiratory infection which developed after his collapse in the race. The 13-year-old horse developed a “severe bacterial respiratory ...