The following horses were raceday casualties on American tracks last week:
Reported as “vanned off” – left via ambulance, a better-than-even chance of dead
Mi Malagra Maria, Mountaineer
Jess Special Baby, Albuquerque
Lonely Herman, Louisiana
Sir Warbo, Mountaineer
Big Chestnut, Evangeline
Tanquerray, Santa Anita
Mr Perrys Blue, Delta
Someday On Sunday, Penn
Hush’s Storm, Albuquerque
How Bout That, Churchill
Sette E Mezzo, Gulfstream
Sgt Thompson, Gulfstream
Exit Stage Left, Golden Gate
Hush It Dutch, Los Alamitos
Afleet’s Hot Copy, Prairie
Other
Candy’s Luck, Parx, “ridden back to the unsaddling area lame”
Magic Soul, Parx, “returned bleeding”
San Gregoria, Parx, “pulled up in apparent distress”
Magic Harbor, Parx, “stumbled badly,” DNF
West Birch, Charles Town, “bled”
Captainof the Nile, Penn, “returned lame”
Bo Bull, Penn, “stopped and returned sore”
Long Kiss Goodbye, Pimlico, “returned sore”
Alaskan Paradox, Fairmount, “returned bleeding from her nostril”
Isle of Skye, Fairmount, “returned bleeding from his nostril”
Manacor, Percy Warner, “fell,” DNF
Long House Saint, Percy Warner, “fell,” DNF
American Ladie, Percy Warner, “fell,” DNF
Hardrock Eleven, Percy Warner, “fell,” DNF
Awesome Slinky, Sam Houston, “bled”
(source: Equibase)
On Saturday race 3 Monmouth Park, Luck Bella was pulled up at the top of the stretch. Chart says “walked off”, however she was actually vanned off – any way to get an update?
I will try.