 He was put down in 1935 after a race at Newbury, having broken a fetlock between the final two fences.Forbra's owner, Mr William (Billie) Parsonage, was a well-known commission agent based in Ludlow, Shropshire, and had previously attempted to win the National with a number of staying chasers.The best known of these was Master Billie, who had been greatly fancied and heavily backed in 1929.