The following racehorses were casualties on American tracks last week: Monday Visualiser’s Jewel, Will Rogers, race 5, “pulled up in distress,” vanned off Tuesday Shop Keeper, Sunland, race 7, vanned off Wednesday Rockinpop, Gulfstream, race 7, bled, DNF Dukette’s Flame,…
Two Standardbreds were killed in a horrific head-on collision Thursday night at Flamboro Downs (Ontario). After falling early and losing his driver, Buckbuckbuck Mach began running in the wrong direction, eventually crashing into A Sudden Twist. Standardbred Canada reports that…
7-year-old Striking Slew, a progeny of 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, was killed Sunday on the Belmont training track after fracturing his humerus.
6-year-old With a Miracle was killed after collapsing in the stretch of Sunday’s 7th race at Sunland. Complicit in her death are jockey Irwin Rosendo, trainer Weston Martin, and owner Chris Aulds. The kill-fall can be seen here (around 1:35…
The following racehorses were casualties on American tracks last week: Monday El Altanero, Beulah, race 7, broke down Tanjero, Mountaineer, race 7, vanned off Hot Little Thang, Turf, race 1, broke down M Two Forty, Turf, race 6, bled, vanned…
Saturday at the races: 6-year-old Vagabond Shoes, running in a $200,000 Grade 2 at Santa Anita, broke down and was killed. Vagabond Shoes (below): jockey, Victor Espinoza; trainer, John Sadler; owner, Hronis Racing. 4-year-old Garden Tavern, running for $11,000 in…
3-year-old Finesse collapsed and died of an apparent “cardiac issue” Friday afternoon after finishing second in a race at Oaklawn. Finesse was ridden by Ricardo Santana and trained by Steve Asmussen (below) – yes, that Ricardo Santana and Steve Asmussen.
Updates on Uncle Betty and Cooper River: Through a call to the state vet’s office, Joy Aten (“Shedrow Secrets”) confirmed that Uncle Betty was indeed killed after breaking down March 13th at Charles Town. The 2-year-old filly was ridden by…
For four months last year, PETA had an undercover investigator working for highly successful trainer Steve Asmussen – at Churchill Downs and Saratoga Race Course, no less. What follows are some of the investigation’s highlights: Trainer Scott Blasi, Asmussen’s top…
Last Friday, a nondescript horse named Cooper River ran a $5,000 claiming race at Laurel Park. (In fact, he was claimed.) The chart had the 6-year-old “very rank leaving the starting gate,” showing “poor action,” unseating his rider, and falling.…
While this page holds that all horseracing is wrong, there is perhaps no more vile form than the steeplechase (“jumps”), the kind of animal competition that comes with an expectation of bodies falling, breaking, and dying. And so it was…
Three more equine youths died Saturday: 4-year-old Concept – who last raced August 2012, finishing last, 14 1/4 lengths back – fractured her left humerus training under Matthew Peebles at Aqueduct. 3-year-old Fardan, trained by Howard Zucker and ridden by…
