Chart notes from U.S. Thoroughbred and Quarterhorse races last week.
Order Up “left track via ambulance” at Louisiana
Cowboy Code 918 “transported off via ambulance” at Will Rogers
Il Principado “vanned off” at Presque Isle
One Painted Sign “transported off via ambulance” at Will Rogers
Dr a Sin City “bled, ambulance” at Albuquerque
Rivers Run Fast “suffered injury past wire, fell, ambulance” at Thistledown (video)
No Bien Ni Mal “vanned off” at Churchill
So Salty “returned home in ambulance” at Horseshoe
Big Un “ambulanced” at Remington
Blazing Beauty “transported off via ambulance” at Belmont
Shacklebolt “fell over fallen rival, ambulance” at Churchill (“fallen rival” was Lutkenhaus)
Industrious “fell over fallen rival, ambulance” at Churchill
Ritornello “fell over fallen rival, DNF” at Churchill
Midnight Rumble “fell over fallen rival, DNF” at Churchill
Steve Wood “fell over fallen rival, DNF” at Churchill
Runaway Q “bled” at Albuquerque
Shes So Relentless “fell, ambulance” at Prairie (replay scrubbed)
Nsm P51 “fell over foe [above], DNF” at Prairie
Injured horses who require an ambulance to get off the track more often than not end up dead, as borne out by our subsequent FOIA reporting. “Bled”; “Returned Bleeding From Nostrils”: pulmonary hemorrhage. “DNF”: unable to finish the race.
For any new confirmed kills from last week, see our running annual list.
