War Anthem in the 9th at Aqueduct yesterday: “dropped back in upper stretch and tired, then suffered an injury [Commission said, ‘broke down’] in the final 16th and was euthanized on the course.” He was three years old. Complicit in the kill: breeder Sugar Plum Farm, owner Saratoga Ten General, trainer Michelle Nevin, jockey Ruben…

Follows is a guest post by longtime contributor Mary Johnson. “Big Sky Girl: Foaled, Raced, Bred, and Dumped – With Intent” by Mary Johnson This is the story about the exploitation of a Thoroughbred mare who labored within the racing industry and then was dumped into the slaughter pipeline when her productive days were over.…

Jezebel going down in the 4th at Evangeline last night. The full chart note said, “Jezebel was hard to load, fell and was transported off the track via an equine ambulance.” Wonder if the “hard to load” was the 5-year-old mare’s way of saying, “something’s not right.” The ethically-stunted announcer, by the way, called it…

A horse was killed – “suffered injury, euthanized” – training at Belmont yesterday. I’d give you his name, but he was so young – two at most – he hadn’t even been christened yet. The Commission also (just now) reports this for Gerry World at Belmont: “Underwent exploratory laparotomy to correct a large colon volvulus…