In Memoriam, Saratoga 2025
An “In Memoriam” video put together by one of our great volunteers, Linda Rydant:
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“Found in Stall Unable to Rise” – Dead
According to the Gaming Commission, this for Gonna Be Possible at Finger Lakes yesterday: “Horse found in stall unable to rise – euthanized due to unresolved, progressive and poor prognosis. More to follow.” Spoiler: There won’t be “more to follow.”…
A Reader Reacts to Our Doping Page
I received the following in response to our post introducing the doping page: “I’m so happy you’ve decided to post/write about the illegal drugs used in horseracing. I’m a Canadian who has raced Standardbreds as a member of Standardbred Canada…
Video of Sweet Rhythm’s Death at Aqueduct
As previously reported, two horses went down at Aqueduct Saturday, with one (for now) confirmed killed. Here is a replay of that murder – a replay, by the way, that the New York Racing Association did not want you to…
Los Alamitos: Kill Saturday, Kill Sunday
According to the CHRB, there were training kills on back-to-back days at Los Alamitos this weekend. Saturday, it was 3-year-old Tame the Tiger; Sunday, 2-year-old Cayce in Gray. The former had been raced thrice; the latter was being prepped for…
Our Weekly Ambulance Report
The following horses were injured in U.S. races last week and had to be removed from the track by “equine ambulance.” While fates remain unknown at this time, we will eventually get death confirmations on many, if not most, through…
“Spill” (Resulting in Death) “Mars” Aqueduct Day
In the 5th at Aqueduct yesterday, this for Sweet Rhythm, in the words of the chartwriter: “Sweet Rhythm struck the side [of the] stall at the start…suffered an injury to the left front leg near the 5/16 and fell heavily…
About as Bad as It Gets…
This fall at Will Rogers Sunday is about as bad as it gets. I’d be shocked if the victim, 2-year-old Pyc Party Boy, survived (we’ll know in due time).
Tracks Close; New (Better) Jobs, Tax Revenue, Economic Activity Follow
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 table and yell like hell. We (see this website) have the facts,…
Yes, They Dope Racehorses
We’d like to call your attention to a new page on our site: Yes, They Dope Racehorses (under “The Doping” on homepage). To introduce the page, I invited our colleague John Scheib to write a brief primer. John has been…
10-Year-Old Succumbs at Vernon
The NYS Gaming Commission says that Svf Cash Deposit was euthanized at Vernon last Thursday “due to a long-illness infection.” This poor boy was 10 years old and had been put to the whip 74 times – and yet, his…
Animal Cruelty at Belterra: “Royal Honey fell out of its stall at 3:30 am and died what Dr. Renn described would have been a very painful death.”
A recent HISA ruling on trainer Zvi Kriple. (I have made slight edits in the interest of brevity and clarity, including substituting Kriple for “covered person” and Royal Honey for “covered horse.”) “Zvi Kriple was the responsible person for Royal…