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Yet Another Kill at Ellis: Nyquist Frequency
According to the chart for the 7th at Ellis yesterday, Nyquist Frequency “suffered an injury…then was transported off in an equine ambulance.” In fact, the 5-year-old is dead. In its coverage of the kill, Horse Racing Nation writes, “[Jockey Yedsit] Hazlewood got up without any assistance and came back to ride his last assignment in…
The horses are "like their children"? Read about this poor boy.
Some miscellaneous notes: Wednesday at Belterra, in addition to a two-horse race and a three-horse race (a good sign for our side), there was this for the 5th race: “Authoritarian reared when the gates opened and struck the side of the gate…was galloped around well behind the field and walked off after the finish.” The…
Another Death at Belmont
The NYS Gaming Commission has just disclosed this for Rock the Weekend at Belmont Aug 11: “euthanized due to a grave health prognosis.” While detail is obviously lacking, I can tell you this poor boy was six and had been put to the whip 39 times, most recently at Saratoga Jul 24. Primary exploiter: Lolita…
3-Year-Old: "Fell after finish: left forelimb severed at metacarpophalangeal joint with only a small amount of intact skin and connective tissue remaining; [multiple] ligaments/tendons completely torn; lateral digital artery, lateral digital vein, and lateral plantar nerve completely severed."
Through a FOIA request to the Oklahoma Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following 12 kills at that state’s tracks thus far this year. Jose Can’t Say, Jan 30, Will Rogers S “Treated for colic Jan 28; found dead in stall Jan 30.” They added: “Hemorrhage in the lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, mesentery, and the…
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