The following racehorses were casualties on American tracks last week:
Monday
Ko Ko Fleur, Mountaineer, race 5, bled, vanned off
Tawdry, Mountaineer, race 8, confirmed dead
La Tonga, Turf, race 4, vanned off
Tuesday
Passport Denied, Mountaineer, race 9, vanned off
Wednesday
Abital, Charles Town, race 1, “came back bleeding from the nose”
Knowing the Fact, Mountaineer, race 3, bled
Honor Spirit, Turf, race 6, vanned off
Thursday
Ask Her Out, Charles Town, race 3, vanned off
Uncle Betty, Charles Town, race 5, broke down
Sunfleet, Charles Town, race 9, “came back bleeding from the nose”
Chickatari, Penn National, race 5, vanned off
Promise Me Pyc, Remington, race 9, “in distress,” vanned off
Tripski, Santa Anita, race 1, vanned off
Friday
Halos and Angels, Aqueduct, race 4, vanned off
Sweet Stuff, Fonner, race 5, fell, DNF
Kenai Warrior, Gulfstream, race 6, broke down
Cooper River, Laurel, race 3, fell, DNF
Bertie, Santa Anita, race 3, vanned off
J Rose Gal, Tampa Bay, race 1, vanned off
Saturday
Dani’s Keyway, Fair Grounds, race 5, “bled after the race,” vanned off
Anskey’shero, Fonner, race 4, “in distress,” vanned off
Rushin’ Rubietta, Hawthorne, race 5, vanned off
Candy’s Jewel, Los Alamitos, race 1, vanned off
Fulmerized, Oaklawn, race 2, vanned off
Fardan, Santa Anita, race 1, confirmed dead
I Can and I Will, Tampa Bay, race 5, vanned off
Broadway Peyton, Tampa Bay, race 6, confirmed dead
Sunday
S S Tribal Girl, Fonner, race 2, vanned off
Fast Fantasy, Gulfstream, race 1, bled
Accelerare, Gulfstream, race 7, bled
Starlight Dreamer, Hawthorne, race 1, vanned off
Next Right, Santa Anita, race 1, vanned off
Heza Mighty Elliott, Sunland, race 2, bled
Rushin’ Rubietta is alive. He is currently stabled at Prairie Meadows in Iowa under the trainer Ray Tracy. My sister works in the barn and, just to make sure it was the right horse, I looked through the trainer’s list of horses in the barn.
…and that makes all the difference.