He was never going to be a star but had won seven races and over $50,000.
But he was to have undergone a rare trial tonight, Bishop planning to race him without his driver having a whip.
And if Hudson Sully had performed to his usual level, Bishop was considering racing all of her horses in future without whips.
While the trainers of horses applying to race them without a whip is not unheard of it is rare and had Hudson Sully performed well tonight then Bishop's stable could have been an interesting test case at a time when whips in racing look certain to come under more scrutiny.
"Ideally, if I knew they would race as well and try as hard, I'd like to race my horses without whips and Sully was the one I wanted to start that with because he tried so hard."
Another of Bishop's horses was hurt but not seriously in the accident and Bishop continued on to Addington to race two more members of her team.
"But we are in shock. It has been a horrible day."