At 2:00 yesterday afternoon, this, says the chart, happened to Mo Hijinx at Gulfstream: “was tracking the leader to the 5/16 pole when something went amiss…suffered a catastrophic injury and was humanely euthanized.” Dead, at three. Her final exploiters: owner/trainer Kennedy Pownall, jockey Pedro Pena; her complicit breeder, Dawn Martin.
29 minutes later up the coast at Laurel, this for Twisted Filigree: “fell after sustaining a catastrophic injury approaching the stretch then was euthanized on the track.” Dead, at five. His final exploiters: owners Liberty House Racing and Penwood Racing, trainer Horacio De Paz, jockey Vincent Cheminaud. Breeder: Lambholm South.
Twisted’s race was run in absolute slop. In fact, there were only three horses out there, with seven having been scratched. This, to my mind, goes beyond the normal peril in which these horses are placed every day. Negligent equinicide at a minimum. Here’s the replay – with, of course, the kill utterly erased. Killers, and cowards.
