4-Year-Old Killed (“Cardiac”) on Derby Day

The chart note for Morlock in the 6th at Aqueduct just a little while ago: “Morlock coaxed from the gate, chased along the inside and then just off the inside coming under coaxing three furlongs from home…was eased up nearing the eighth pole, crossed the finish well behind…then fell after the finish appearing to suffer an apparent fatal cardiac event.” The “apparent” is actual – dead at four from a failed heart. The complicit trainer, Linda Rice.

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  1. Replay..horse #1 in orange silks. It shows your exact calling of what transpired however the reality is sickening to watch. The poor horse way behind crossing the finish line probably in agony. He had to be forced over that line,didn’t he? Absolutely a disgrace.

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