The following horses were injured in U.S. races last week and had to be removed from the track by “equine ambulance.” While fates remain unknown at this time, we will eventually get death confirmations on many, if not most, through our FOIA reporting. Note, also, that “bled” is shorthand for pulmonary hemorrhage – bleeding in the lungs.
Shimmery at Albuquerque
Gold D at Alburqueque (also “bled”)
We Lightning McQueen at Alburqueque (also “bled”)
Cereza Lago at Prairie (also “fell”; replay scrubbed)
Two Hearted at Fairmount
Tdz Dash of Chilitos at Albuquerque (also “fell”)
Holy Pete at Albuquerque (also “bled”)
Kempton at Albuquerque
Nathan Detroit at Colonial
Ar La Bella Eagle at Delta
Good Candy Jess at Retama
Camaro Z at Ellis
Summerhills Ranjer at Prairie (also “fell”; replay scrubbed)
Uncle Shorty at Retama
Prariedale at Saratoga
Cause I’m Lucky at Emerald
Practiko at Gulfstream
Valiant Hope at Gulfstream
Kevins Trending at Los Alamitos
Go Go Boots at Saratoga
Fleet Feet at Del Mar (also “bled”)
And then there were these, not reported as ambulanced off, but…
The Count Is On “bled” at Colonial
Desperate Man “fell after the wire” at Canterbury
Bid On Blue “fell, DNF” at Charles Town
So Co Manhattan “returned bleeding from the nostrils” at Thistledown
Ill Will “fell over rival [Summerhills above], DNF” at Prairie
Coco Abarrio “bled” at Colonial
Hot Dusty Moon “fell, DNF” at Tillamook
Big Brown Delivers “pulled up in heat distress after race” at Saratoga
If scrubbing the video replay isn’t a sign that the horses were injured so badly that they either died immediately from catastrophic injuries on the racetrack or that they were euthanized by the attending veterinarian, what is?
Nothing says “we love our horses like family” than scrubbing the replay, right? You horse-abusing thugs at Prairie should be charged with Animal Cruelty and put in jail.