Sunday, I promised a post on NYRA’s desperate attempts to marginalize us on Travers Day. Well, this week, the Capital Region’s foremost columnist, Chris Churchill, has taken the story on. Chris is a terrific journalist, so I’ll yield to him:…
The 8th at Belmont yesterday, according to Equibase: “Cold Hard Cash…spun four wide into the stretch and came up empty, then collapsed post race and was reported to have suffered a fatal cardiac event.” Dead. He was just six, about…
Yet another death at a New York Racing Association track. Wayward Ghost, says the Gaming Commission, was “found dead” in his Belmont stall Saturday – “found dead,” that is, at the tender age of three. He had been under the…
The Daily Racing Form reported last night that the New York Racing Association was planning to “convene an emergency meeting of New York State Gaming Commission and Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority officials before deciding to run Saratoga’s Sunday card…
The horseracing industry distracts, dissembles, and deceives because it has to – the facts and the truth are squarely on our side. One of their go-tos, especially here in New York, is their supposed safety rate. Last week, I did…
Two more victims of the New York Racing Association (NYRA), as disclosed by the Gaming Commission: Life Is Great, Tuesday at Belmont: “had a sudden death [while] recovering from surgery.” In all likelihood, the surgery had something to do with…
Clavinet, training at Belmont Tuesday, according to the Gaming Commission: “broke down on the gallop out, euthanized on the track.” He was two years old. This is the 62nd confirmed kill (surely there have been more) at New York Racing…
The New York Racing Association, which fancies itself the standard-bearer for “safety,” has notched its first kill of 2023. In the 10th at Aqueduct yesterday, Firing Carol “suffered an injury turning into upper stretch” and was subsequently euthanized. She was…
The NYS Gaming Commission reports that No Code “collapsed and died after breezing” at Belmont Saturday. The Todd Pletcher horse was but three years old, an adolescent – “collapsed and died.” He is the 52nd kill at a New York…
Back in the spring, NYRA spokesperson Patrick McKenna boasted that “NYRA…sets the industry standard when it comes to safety and integrity.” This morning, a yet-to-be-named 2-year-old broke down while training at Saratoga and was euthanized on the track. For all…
The horse grinder that is Saratoga Race Course, again. Today, in the 1st race, it was 3-year-old Salt Cay. Dead. As you can see by the list below, this makes three kills in two days, and five in six, at…
As expected, Johnny Fontaine, an “injured, vanned off” in the 3rd at Aqueduct yesterday, is dead. He was three years old. As an aside, it is particularly odious how the NYRA chartwriters attempt to put a positive spin on these…
