Recently, I received an email from an eyewitness to Mariano Intheninth’s breakdown at Churchill Downs. The words are so poignant that I asked permission to publish them as a post. On a personal note, and to which so many of…
The NYS Gaming Commission has disclosed the following deaths: Eight days ago at Finger Lakes, 8-year-old Canadian Wish was “humanely euthanized – severe diarrhea, dehydration, endotoxemia.” This “non-racing” death, it should be noted, came just four days after the 62-start…
The final footnote on the (Equibase) racing charts for Parx yesterday reads: “Due to many delays, the final race went off 20 minutes later than the scheduled post time.” The delays? In the 3rd, 4-year-old Aces Are Wild “broke down…
Six weeks after finishing 5th in the Derby, and four weeks after a 6th in the Preakness, 3-year-old Danzig Moon is dead after breaking down yesterday at Woodbine. News, of course, due to the relative value of the animal. This…
On January 11, 2007 at Delta Downs, a 2-year-old horse named Wajir On Me was raced for the first time. Since, there is this: Charles Town 5/20/2015 Penn National 5/2/2015 Fair Grounds 3/29/2015 Fair Grounds 3/15/2015 Fair Grounds 2/13/2015 Fair…
The following horses were raceday casualties on American tracks last week: Reported as died, euthanized, or “broke down” – racing-speak for dead Shayenut’ntonobody, Delaware Forestry’s Majesty, Delaware Doc’s Son, Evangeline Sea John’s Spirit, Santa Anita Hugh Knew, Santa Anita Reported…
The California Horse Racing Board has disclosed the following deaths at Golden Gate: 3-year-old Ekatitude was euthanized four days after fracturing her shoulder in the 7th race on May 30. The filly was injured when, according to Equibase, she “tried…
A day after Sea John’s Spirit perished at Santa Anita, another horse fell at that venerable California track. In yesterday’s 3rd, 4-year-old Hugh Knew broke down and, according to the DRF, was euthanized for her injuries. Her people: Gary Stevens,…
WHAS (Louisville) reports that 3-year-old Mariano Intheninth “broke its leg and had to be euthanized” in the 6th yesterday at Churchill. WHAS, of course, was not really covering the death of a cheap (still a maiden claimer) horse; what makes…
The Daily Racing Form reports that 7-year-old Sea John’s Spirit was euthanized after breaking down in the 4th at Santa Anita yesterday. Curiously (because she was 7), this was only her 12th race; she was inactive from May ’14 to…
An update on Hear Me Purr: Yesterday, the 4-year-old was raced for the 6th time in a little over 5 weeks – 11th time in 13 weeks. And the result was no different than the rest: 7th of 8, 25+…
A week ago, I highlighted an abused horse named Shamrock Road. Well, his ordeal continues: Tuesday, Shamrock was put to the whip yet again – 7th of 8, 16+ back. This morning, we turn our attention to 4-year-old Hear Me…
