The following horses were raceday casualties on American tracks last week: Reported as died, euthanized, or “broke down” – racing-speak for dead Awesome Life, Charles Town Dos Oro, Charles Town Blazen a Fire, Fair Meadows Nevada City, Los Alamitos Reported…
On a single day at a single track – Friday, Ruidoso Downs: In the 5th, Balderinas Legacy required an ambulance to get off the track. In the 6th, Comin to Your Town required an ambulance to get off the track.…
The NYS Gaming Commission reports that Start It Up was euthanized yesterday at Aqueduct for “laminitis in both front feet.” The 5-year-old mare had been raced 31 times, most recently at Belmont in May. While the state calls it a…
From the Los Alamitos Stewards Minutes, June 27: “JOCKEY SANTIAGO MENDEZ IS FINED THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA HORSE RACING BOARD RULE #1688 (USE OF WHIPS – WHIPPING IN POST PARADE) ON FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015. The foregoing…
I have confirmed that two horses were euthanized for catastrophic injuries on the same Charles Town card yesterday: 6-year-old Awesome Life went down in the 3rd; 5-year-old Dos Oro in the 7th. Prior to dying in the West Virginia dirt,…
7-year-old Katmai Unleashed, reported as “pulled up, vanned off” on yesterday’s Finger Lakes chart, is in fact dead – euthanized, says the NYS Gaming Commission, for fractured sesamoids. In his penultimate race just six days ago, Katmai finished dead last,…
I have confirmed that 3-year-old River Lute is dead after breaking down in the 4th Saturday at Belterra. Also, the DRF reports that 5-year-old Fonz “suffered a fatal injury” in the 7th yesterday at Los Alamitos. Two more dead horses…
The following horses were raceday casualties on American tracks last week: Reported as died, euthanized, or “broke down” – racing-speak for dead River Lute, Belterra Makin Babes Hot, Arapahoe Fonz, Los Alamitos Reported as “vanned off” – left via ambulance,…
Gandhi once supposedly said (even if he didn’t, the message stands), “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way that its animals are treated.” Yesterday, the single most defining day on our national…
The NYS Gaming Commission reports that 3-year-old Defined is dead after breaking down while training at Saratoga June 30. The once-raced (Aqueduct, April) colt is the fourth horse to die on these hallowed grounds since May 1 (You Gotta Believe,…
Two days ago, I reported on the death of Face the Race at Monmouth. Yesterday, I received the following account from an eyewitness to that death. Although it already appears in the “Comments” section, I think it important to re-produce…
The banner Canterbury weekend was completed Sunday with the following incidents: In the 3rd, Mr Hempens Feature “bled” and was “vanned off.” In the 5th, Matted in Gold “broke down” and is almost certainly dead. In that same race, Castle…
