Through a phone call to the racing office, I have confirmed that Mystery Taste, listed as “broke down, vanned off” Tuesday at Beulah Park, is, in fact, dead. The 6-year-old career claimer was running her 53rd race, a $2,000 claiming…
St Nicholas Abbey, a much-celebrated former champion, has died from colic. As previously covered, the 6-year-old Irish Thoroughbred underwent several procedures – which included 20 screws, 2 plates, a steel pin, and a bone graft – after breaking his pastern…
Go Canes Go, a 3-year-old gelding who could not finish his last race on December 29th (and came in second-to-last, 15 1/2 lengths back the start before that), broke his leg yesterday while breezing at Belmont and was killed on-track.…
The following, unless otherwise noted, were “vanned off” American tracks last week. Monday: Stolicknaya, Hialeah, race 1 (not vanned but “bloody RF hoof” after “stumbling badly”) Blonde for Ever, Parx, race 3 (confirmed dead) Clodhopper, Turf, race 3 (“broke down”)…
Yesterday afternoon at slippery Freehold Raceway in New Jersey, the pace car lost control soon after the start of the 5th race and swerved, gate extended, into six horses, the last flipping onto the vehicle. Though an “initial inspection,” according…
Two horses were killed last night at Delta Downs. In the 1st race, a maiden claiming, 2-year-old Casey Lynn “took a bad step mid stretch.” Dead before her third birthday. (Racing advances all ages on January 1st, but Casey Lynn…
122 racehorses lost their lives at NYS tracks in 2013. 122 intelligent, sensitive beings sacrificed for $2 bets. The breakdown: 40 dead at Finger Lakes; 38 dead at Belmont; 23 dead at Aqueduct; 9 dead at Saratoga; 4 dead at…
Blonde for Ever, a 2-year-old filly, was killed in yesterday’s 3rd race at Parx. She was ridden by Jose Flores, trained by Robert Swentkowski, and owned by Burton Butker and Anita Hicken. Also Monday, 4-year-old Clodhopper “broke down” while running…
Horseracing Wrongs is honored to introduce a new guest contributor, Mary Johnson. Mary has been involved with Thoroughbreds for 50 years, including four as a volunteer at CANTER. Currently, she concentrates her efforts on rescuing the industry’s refuse. Shedrow Secrets:…
The following, unless otherwise noted, were “vanned off” American tracks last week. Monday: Kuro, Turf, race 2 (“broke down”) Sevenytwo, Turfway, race 2 Tuesday: Cindykat, Fair Grounds, race 10 (“went wrong early”) Wednesday: Holy Simone, Delta, race 9 Aunt Meanie,…
Yesterday afternoon at Gulfstream, 2-year-old Side Street broke down running the Grade 3 “Old Hat” Stakes and was subsequently killed. The filly was ridden by Jesus Castanon, trained by Elizabeth Gray, and owned by Andrew Farm. Two other horses also…
A head-on collision claimed the lives of two racehorses at Belmont yesterday morning, a story receiving mainstream coverage because one, 9-year-old Caixa Eletronica (below), was a star. Apparently, 4-year-old Six Drivers, the claimer afterthought part of this tale, became unnerved…
