The Casualties, 9/7/15-9/13/15

The following horses were casualties on American racetracks last week:

“Broke Down” – racing-speak for dead; “Collapsed and Died”; “Euthanized”

Dark Brahms, Columbus

“Vanned Off” – carted away by ambulance, better-than-even chance dead

Gar, Belterra

Tirpitz, Del Mar (subsequently confirmed dead)

Jammin With Jamie, Parx

Lilmissrita, Indiana

Torazo, Indiana

Free Entry, Mountaineer

Fayegotaway, Belterra

Vamping the Win, Belterra

Dehere’s Kiss, Remington

Tiz Fantastic, Belmont

The Gang and I, Emerald

Leigh’s Fast Fix, Louisiana

Island Diva, Belterra

Sugar Bou Peep, Emerald

Twin Six, Laurel

New Look, Los Alamitos

Lorjim, Monmouth

He’s Not Bluffin, Laurel

Winners Vision, Zia

“Bled”; “Returned Bleeding From the Nostrils”

Summer Forever, Mountaineer

Rick the Bartender, Charles Town (“profusely”)

Jebias, Canterbury

Keenwah, Mountaineer

Poker At Seal Rock, Los Alamitos (also vanned off)

(source: Equibase)

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5 Comments

  1. The Gang and I – she is a 7 y/o dark brown mare with 44 starts, is MSP and earner of 160K.

    Her last two starts – August 15 in a $2500 claimer (she was claimed) where she was a DNF…and Sept 11 in another $2500 claimer where she was a DNF again. Think she’s just loving it?

  2. Torazo – a dark bay two-year-old colt. This was his first race. “Pulled up soon after the first call and vanned off”.

  3. Winners Vision, another two-year-old in his first race. The sorrel gelding was bumped (as were three others in this race – one was bumped at the start & bumped hard in the stretch), he then bucked and lost his rider…then required vanning off. What else can one expect but injuries when 1,000-pound creatures are crashing into each other? Unreal.

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