Trainer Nana Raghunath dies - By Usman Rangeela I Mirror
Posted on - 17 Dec 2011
Trainer Nana Raghunath dies
By Usman Rangeela
Mumbai Mirror
Horse-trainer Nana Raghunath, who had recently shifted base to Kolkata, died of cardiac arrest yesterday reportedly after a malfunction in the pacemaker he was fitted with. The end for fifty-one-year old Nana, it is learnt, came in a tragic manner.
Nana attended the regular morning track trials of the horses in his charge at the Royal Calcutta Turf Club’s Hastings Race Course but felt uneasy thereafter. He called his friend and colleague Vijay Singh, who trains horses for industrialist Deepak Khaitan, to consult him. Vijay himself was recuperating at home following an angioplasty which was carried out immediately after a heart attack he suffered on Tuesday morning.
Nana informed Vijay that he was feeling uncomfortable and suspected that it was due to a problem with his pacemaker. Vijay arranged for an ambulance to carry his friend to the Woodlands Hospital and where he had the angioplasty done.
FATAL DELAY
Unfortunately, the ambulance carrying Nana was caught in a traffic jam at the Taj Bengal Hotel turn. It was stuck in the traffic for around 20-25 minutes and by the time he could receive any medical assistance, Nana had already breathed his last due to cardiac failure. He was declared dead on arrival at the hospital.
Nana was late jockey and trainer Raghunath Kolse’s son. He started his professional career at a very young age at Ooty in the late 70’s but later shifted to Western India in the early 80’s after becoming homesick. He had moderate success during his three decade old career and moved to Kolkata with a small string of horses this season. Nana was a bachelor and is survived by his aged mother and younger brother Sanjay Kolse, also a horse trainer.
Nana’s body will be flown to Pune today where the final rites will be performed.
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