Here are Valid Connection’s final moments on this Earth. While the breakdown itself is garden-variety, I call your attention to the beating Valid received from jockey Michael Pagan immediately before it – three crisp, heavy whacks. Pagan should be in jail today (applicable WV law).
The whip strikes can be seen twice, early in the video, then toward end in slow-motion.
And here is 3-year-old I Have an Idea going down at Delta Wednesday. The chart simply said, “fell, equine ambulance,” but doubtful she survived.
