On Saturday, 4-year-old Flashy in Pink “suffered a fracture to her right front leg while breezing on the training track” at Belmont. She is dead. The Richard Metivier-trained mare last raced at Saratoga in August. NY’s 2014 Death Toll: 10.…
The following racehorses broke down this weekend: Tizardo, Saturday, Oaklawn, race 9 The following racehorses, unless otherwise noted, were vanned off this weekend: Divine Daniell, Friday, Delta, race 1 Chilean Brothers, Friday, Gulfstream, race 1 (not vanned but “bled from…
The following racehorses broke down this week: Royal Affair, Wednesday, Beulah, race 1 The following racehorses, unless otherwise noted, were vanned off this week: Nicholas Cajun, Monday, Turf, race 4 Also, two more horses perished in NY: Yesterday, 2-year-old Valar…
Attempting, somewhat, to succeed where HBO’s “Luck” failed (canceled after three horses died in production), the Esquire Network has debuted a new reality show called “Horseplayers.” As the title indicates, it’s about the bettor, and as The New York Times…
Sunday’s Akron Beacon Journal tells an all-too-familiar tale (New York, West Virginia, Indiana, etc.) of a “drying up” racing industry being propped by the corporate welfare that is euphemistically referred to as a “state-business partnership.” It goes something like this:…
Two more NY racehorses have died while in servitude: At Aqueduct on Sunday (7th race), 3-year-old Dixie Sparkle “tossed her head to the right just as the field was being sent on its way, making solid contact with the gate…galloped…
The following racehorses broke down this weekend: Electric Eddie, Saturday, Santa Anita, race 10 Dixie Sparkle, Sunday, Aqueduct, race 7 (confirmed dead) Silent Blessing, Sunday, Calder, race 2 Gimmenosass, Sunday, Turf, race 8 The following racehorses, unless otherwise noted, were…
The following racehorses broke down this week: Top Data, Monday, Fair Grounds, race 9 Vanessa Flag, Tuesday, Sunland, race 9 Holleran, Wednesday, Beulah, race 2 The following racehorses, unless otherwise noted, were vanned off this week: Could Be Michael, Monday,…
The following were casualties at the Penn National racetrack during the 197-night 2013 meet. Equibase officially confirms 8 dead. Of the 45 horses listed as “broke down” or “vanned off,” 42 have not raced since. A former racing insider and…
Shedrow Secrets Hestosmartforyou By Joy Aten and Jo Anne Normile (author of “Saving Baby”) In the fall of 2003, with track licenses as “vendors,” we were doing our weekly walk of the shedrows in the backstretch barn area of Great…
The following, unless otherwise noted, were “vanned off” American tracks last week. Monday: Wishingonastar, Aqueduct, race 7 Tuesday: Bounce Twice, Beulah, race 3 Mystery Taste, Beulah, race 7 (confirmed dead) Western Pine, Sunland, race 7 La Capitana, Turf, race 4…
The following horses broke down on American racetracks yesterday. All, most likely dead. 5-year-old mare Actin Lucky, Charles Town race 7 (trainer Henry Worcester IV, owner Worcester Investments) 4-year-old mare Diplomatic Gal, Charles Town race 7 (trainer Walter Shauf, owner…
