At a meeting of the Texas Racing Commission last month, Executive Director Amy Cook, in boasting of what she considers her state’s stellar transparency, revealed two things of note. This, on the reporting of deaths: “What’s interesting about our statistics,…
The 1st at Charles Town last night, in the cold, terse telling of the chartwriter: “Dimelo Papi was bumped leaving the gate then gave chase, raced evenly in the stretch but pulled up lame on the clubhouse turn and was…
From the intro to our “Tracks Close; New, Better Jobs Follow” page… To paraphrase an old legal adage, if you have the facts, pound the facts; if you have the truth, pound the truth; if you have neither, pound the…
Three new dead “athletes” disclosed today by the NYS Gaming Commission: Do the Hustle, Sep 11 (yes, that would be two months ago), Finger Lakes: “horse was vanned off the track, [euthanized].” The chart, by the way, said nothing of…
A guest post this morning from regular HW contributor Mary Johnson: As most of you here know by now, the racing people rely on smoke and mirrors to minimize the carnage that occurs on their tracks and prefer to keep…
This ruling for Brevin Lupton at Dayton Raceway, Oct 19: “A video was sent to the office of the Ohio Racing Commission which shows Mr. Lupton engaging in an act of cruelty to a horse. After a hearing in the…
The 8th at Mountaineer late last night: “Lone Leader took a bad step past the wire and was euthanized on the track.” The loss for Lone’s exploiters – Charles Brown, Kevin Fletcher, Luis Batista – was not complete, however, for…
Rulings by the Indiana Horse Racing Commission against driver Jordan Ross this year – all at Hoosier Park: “While driving Fashion Baby on Apr 1, Jordan Ross did cause welts while whipping the horse.” Fine: $200. Then this: “Penalty was mitigated…
According to the ever-disingenuous chartwriter at Finger Lakes, The Catillac Kid was “pulled up in distress and vanned off” in the 6th race today. In fact, we learn from the Gaming Commission, the 3-year-old was euthanized right there on the…
Chart notes from U.S. Thoroughbred and Quarterhorse races last week. Three Point Kuz “fell, catastrophic injury, euthanized” at MahoningLittle Four “fell, catastrophic injury, euthanized” at MahoningEmpire Pass “returned bleeding” at ParxGone “returned lame, vanned off” at ParxBit of Blessings “fractious,…
West Coast Wildcat in the 5th at Mountaineer last night: “took a bad step pulling up into the turn, was euthanized on the track.” If this sounds familiar, it should. West Coast was three years old, and she was under…
Word from the just-concluded Breeders’ Cup is that total handle – wagering from all sources – was down 6.7% from last year, and was the lowest since 2020. Progress. In other news, yet another death in NY has been disclosed…
