Such a brilliant start, three completions in his very first appearance - only to take a nasty hit right on the lower rim of the helmet, fracturing his skull and snapping his first vertebrae.
Awarded the Order of St Vladimir - 4th grade - posthumously for gallantry on the filed. His elegant fall and only crying the tiniest yelp in pain did the proud order justice.
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