Ahead of Belmont’s “grand reopening” today, this (from Gaming Commission) for Punchmaster while training there Wednesday: “suffered an MC3 fracture as well as a fetlock wound at the 1/8 pole…euthanized by NYRA Vet.” Punchmaster was two, and she was being prepped for her first race. Among the complicit: trainer Linda Rice. This now makes 17 kills at Belmont this year – and they’ve yet to run a single race.
