The 5th at Gulfstream yesterday, in the cold, terse telling of the chartwriter: “Amor Lejano chased the pace four and five wide, took a bad step midway around the turn, pulled up [and according to other reports, fell] and was euthanized.” And that’s that. Amor was nine – nine – and this was his 43rd…

The NYS Gaming Commission has just recently relayed this for Wicked Improbable at Belmont last Friday: “horse collapsed near the 1/2 mile pole…euthanized at [hospital].” The horse in question was but three years old. Of note, the Commission describes the weather conditions that day as “cold” – obviously.

In a recent LTE to the Thoroughbred Daily News, founding board member of the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and still active horseman Reiley McDonald further exposed the sham that is racing “aftercare.” Here is some of what the Kentucky-based McDonald had to say: On Auctions: “Early on, the sales companies developed a mechanism whereby 0.05% of…

Through a FOIA request to the Utah Dept. of Agriculture, I have confirmed the following two kills at Weber Downs, Utah’s only track, last year. Please note that Weber conducted but four days of racing – two kills in four days. Rf One Okie Opie, Apr 5, Weber R “Horse broke down.” Rf was 16…