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13-Year-Old: "Severe hemorrhage [during race] leading to hypovolemia, shock, and sudden death."
Through a FOIA request to the California Horse Racing Board, I have obtained the following details on some of that state’s kills in 2025 (previous ones here). “open fracture”: bone broke through the skin “comminuted fracture”: bone shattered into multiple pieces “displaced fracture”: bone snapped out of place One Favorite Racy, Feb 23, Los Alamitos…
"Horse went down, couldn't stand back up – [multiple] displaced vertebral fractures, hemorrhage within spinal canal, compression of spinal cord."
Through a FOIA request to the California Horse Racing Board, I have obtained the following details on some of that state’s kills in 2025 (previous ones here). “open fracture”: bone broke through the skin “comminuted fracture”: bone shattered into multiple pieces “displaced fracture”: bone snapped out of place Back Row Attack, Jan 29, Los Alamitos…
Fell, "Trampled," Dead at Keeneland; Video of Horse Going Down at Horseshoe
High Go was killed yesterday at Keeneland in what the track referred to as an “incident.” For its part, the chart said the 3-year-old fell after “bumping with rivals.” Worse yet, another horse, Tobin Lee, “trampled [his] fallen foe.” Imagine that. Tuesday, 4-year-old The Kid Pataky fell at Horseshoe and was subsequently “transported home in…
2-Year-Old: "[Multiple] fractured vertebrae, torn disc, compression of the spinal cord."
Through a FOIA request to the California Horse Racing Board, I have obtained the following details on some of that state’s kills in 2025. “open fracture”: bone broke through the skin “comminuted fracture”: bone shattered into multiple pieces “displaced fracture”: bone snapped out of place Acceleray, Jan 4, Los Alamitos R “Complete, displaced, open fractures…
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