Champion Melbourne Cup Winning Horse Saintly Dies
“The horse from heaven, has gone home. "
Melbourne Cup winning racehorse Saintly has died aged 24.
Saintly won the 1996 Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup for trainer Bart Cummings.
Cummings’ son Anthony announced the death via Twitter this morning.
“Saintly, the horse from heaven, has gone home. He gave us so much,” Cumming tweeted.