Chart notes from U.S. Thoroughbred and Quarterhorse races last week.
Gray Pearl “vanned off” at Will Rogers
Just a Irish Lad “vanned off” at Will Rogers
Bozdagi “taken off track in equine ambulance” at Churchill
Catch My Vibe “injured himself in the gate” at Parx
Noisy On the Bay “injured herself in the gate” at Parx
Cantrunwithbigdogs “pulled up bleeding from the nostrils” at Thistledown
Giant’s Brite Eye “vanned off” at Turf
Awesome Sunset “vanned off” at Will Rogers
Rock Me Amadeus “hit gate, trailed, pulled up, vanned off” at Tampa Bay
Dual Power “hit gate, pulled up, DNF” at Tampa Bay
He’s Clever “came back appearing a bit sore” at Charles Town
Territoriality “fell, DNF” at Churchill
Vostra “struck fallen foe [above], DNF” at Churchill
Baltic Mule “vanned off” at Gulfstream
Me On Whiskey “vanned off” at Delta
Tres Bar “vanned off” at Delta
Streakin Nice Heart “vanned off” at Sam Houston
Forrest Effort “vanned off” at Sunray
Favorite Bar “vanned off” at Sunray
Ain’t Broke “bled” at Aqueduct
Green Up “bled, vanned off” at Aqueduct
Military Cruiser “transported via ambulance” at Churchill
Budro Talking “went wrong” at Evangeline
Far From Final “vanned off” at Fonner
Ballroom Prince “vanned off” at Golden Gate
Pursuing Pace “fell, DNF” at Great Meadow
Go Poke the Bear “fell, [needed] horse ambulance” at Great Meadow
Rhythmia “fell, DNF” at Great Meadow
Photo Copy “fell, DNF” at Great Meadow
Quick Look “bled” at Los Alamitos
Windcracker “vanned off” at Oaklawn
Rapid Cartel Candy “bled, vanned off” at Sam Houston
Sunshine Babe “vanned off” at Santa Anita
Playera “vanned off” at Tampa Bay
Goaline “vanned off” at Turf
Red Flag Alert “took a bad step, euthanized on track” at Mountaineer
Zoomin for Kisses “vanned off” at Weber
Druid’s Altar “fell, DNF” at Winterthur
“Vanned Off”: Horse required equine ambulance to get off the track; while not all end up dead, most do, as borne out by our subsequent reporting. “Bled”: pulmonary hemorrhage.
Giant’s Brite Eye didn’t make it back to his barn either.
Well this list just got way worse with the recent steeplechase reports released today!! SMH
Ugh. I’ll have to take your word on that one. And it’s telling that both of these death tracks are now HISA-certified, yet they still regularly produce breakdowns/van-offs/kills just as often as the non-HISA death tracks do.
Having seen the replay of Gray Pearl’s race- I am certain she’s not with us either.
It appeared she broke both front legs, though it looked like right front for sure. Poor, Beautiful gray mare, who should have been nowhere near a racetrack, looking at her history.
No way in hell Goaline could have survived.
5-year-old Cal-bred gelding at Turf Pairo’Deaths. I generally won’t watch replays, but was skeptical of the chartwriter’s notes in this race: “Admiralty Place clipped heels and lost his rider…Inquiry,” followed by nothing else about him. Turns out, he, Admiralty Place, seemed relatively unharmed(?).
But poor Goaline…:(