3-year-old Sicard’s Sensation was killed in the 10th race at Evangeline last night. Sicard’s connections – trainer Kelly Broussard and owner KB Racing – were chasing a purse of $13,000 in a $7,500 maiden-claiming race. Coby Bourque was aboard. To…
The following racehorses were casualties on American tracks last week: Monday Stormin Warlord, Turf, race 9, vanned off Tuesday Twobyfour, Beulah, race 8, vanned off Are We There Yet, Mountaineer, race 3, vanned off Revvy, Sunland, race 2, bled Una…
The summary of 2-year-old Ivebeensaved’s fatal ride yesterday afternoon at Parx: “…clipped the heels of Over My Head and fell heavily to the ground. Despite immediate and prolonged intervention on the part of track veterinarians, [her] injuries were obviously catastrophic…
Clawback, a 4-year-old colt, was euthanized today at Aqueduct after he was found lying in his stall unable to stand. For trainer David Jacobson (who claimed Clawback back in December), this makes 11 NY deaths since 2009. Clawback ran nine…
Just to be clear, again, funneling a portion of racino slots money into purses and breeding is corporate welfare. Sure, the horse people call it a “state-business partnership.” But as the saying goes, it is what it is, and here…
8-year-old Casey’s On Call is dead after breaking down in Wednesday afternoon’s 2nd race at Hawthorne. If not for a pair of dinged up jockeys, this death likely would have gone unnoticed, for, you see, Casey’s On Call was just…
In horseracing, there is abuse – you know, the everyday stuff – and then there is extraordinary abuse. The “career” of a horse named Porfido (below) would fall into the latter. 11-year-old Porfido began racing before Barack Obama was sworn…
The following racehorses were casualties on American tracks last week: Monday Carvey, Beulah, race 1, vanned off Raptitude, Beulah, race 2, vanned off Tuesday Straight Scooter, Beulah, race 7, vanned off Printscess Best, Charles Town, race 9, vanned off Wednesday…
Crystallo, a 6-year-old mare who toiled under six different trainers over the past three years, broke down in yesterday’s 3rd race at Mountaineer. She is dead, another career claimer killed in the not-so-heroic pursuit of cash. The complicit trainers: Angel…
Unraced 2-year-old colt Jojonotjoelowe, trained by Leslie Hinds, snapped his leg while practicing at Aqueduct Thursday and was killed. NY’s 2014 Death Toll: 21.
In two days last weekend, Santa Anita lost three horses: 2-year-old Russian Silk, Saturday’s 9th race; 3-year-old Causewere Gamblers, Sunday’s 3rd race; and 4-year-old Notbyemyrules, Sunday’s 9th race. What’s more, one trainer, Daniel Dunham, can claim two of the dead…
To anyone paying attention, horseracing is and always has been about human self-interest. The racehorses, no matter what the horse people say, are but means to an end, expendable assets. On Wednesday, no less than Keeneland further confirmed this truth…
