Yesterday, as reported, Morlock was killed at Aqueduct. But surely, the 4-year-old cardiac victim was not the only “athlete” killed on Kentucky Derby Day. In fact, no fewer than six horses were so badly injured yesterday they needed an ambulance to get off the track:
Fast Dashn Devil at Delta (also “bled” – pulmonary hemorrhage)
Flatter Me Avery at Evangeline
Jane Plain at Horseshoe
Who Said That at Louisiana
Princetown at Oaklawn
Jez an Angel at Sam Houston
Here is Flatter Me Avery’s fall. Note: She “won” then went down after the wire. I would be shocked if she survived (we will know on all of these soon enough with our FOIAs).
And then there were these, not reported as ambulanced but…
Adifferent Tigerlily “hit rail, DNF” at Miles City
Miss Smokn Mirrors “went over rail, DNF” at Pocatello
Pevs Giddy Up Go “bled [pulmonary hemorrhage]” at Remington
Morgan’s Bluff “fell, DNF” at Thistledown
Here is Morgan’s Bluff:
And here is 3-year-old Jr Miss Starlet going down at Horseshoe Friday:
Then there was Great White’s dramatic flip and scratch prior to the Derby. He’s an immature 2 year old, and I am betting to guess he was overwhelmed by the circus that was the derby.