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Highs and lows: Sheila Lavery on living her dream and dealing with heartbreak
David Jennings talks to the trainer coming to terms with the loss of Lady Kaya
Sheila Lavery with the wonderful Lady Kaya after her win at Leopardstown earlier this seasonCredit: Caroline Norris
Five weeks have passed now but the scars are still tender.
"I still cry over her," she says, fighting off the latest batch of tears. "I know she was only a horse, but she was so much more than just a horse to me."
Sheila Lavery is sitting next to me reminiscing about Lady Kaya, the best horse she has ever trained who tragically lost her life while doing a routine canter on the Curragh gallops last month.
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Published on 22 July 2019inFeatures
Last updated 15:08, 22 July 2019
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