Last week, the following horses were injured so badly they were unable to walk off the track under their own power – i.e., they needed the “equine ambulance” to get back to the barn. While fates remain unknown at this time, we will eventually get death confirmations on many, if not most, through our subsequent FOIA reporting.
Zivory at Louisiana
Okie Clipper at Will Rogers (also “fell”)
The Commish at Charles Town (also “fell”)
Regal Temple at Charles Town (also “fell over fallen foe” – above)
Valid Deelite at Delta
Ganderella at Aqueduct
Tower Twenty Two at Aqueduct
Run Carlos at Delta
Ravi at Laurel (also “went lame”)
Quinnsaltyofficer at Delta (also “fell” – see this)
Gatsby’s Fortune at Delta (also “fell over foe” – above)
Halmstad at Delta (also “bled” – pulmonary hemorrhage)
El Taranumara at Sunland
Combat Mission at Aqueduct
We Lightning McQueen at Sunland
La Zetita Ck at Sunland
Apolinar Graydar at Turf
Good Money at Aqueduct
Fire Flight at Los Alamitos
And then there were these, not reported as ambulanced, but…
Thunder Cry “fell after hitting rail, reported to have bled” at Laurel
Lights of Broadway “fell over a fallen rival [the dying Souper Dormy]” at Gulfstream
(For any new confirmed kills during the week, please see our running list.)
RIP, poor creatures.
They run these horses knowing full well what types of physical injuries can and do happen to the horses. The people who are seeing this inhumane treatment of horses on a daily basis know that the horses will get racing specific injuries. These people have to be morally depraved to be involved in this cruelty to horses day in and day out knowing the horrific injuries that happens to their own horses and other people’s horses.
At some point, these criminal abusers of horses should be arrested for the crimes they have committed against the horses.