Through a FOIA request to the West Virginia Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s two tracks in the first half of the year. Two notes: As you will see, detail was woefully lacking. More important,…
Some recent harness rulings… Scioto, Aug 15: “While driving Lakeside Buddy, Koltin Noble did use the whip which resulted in blood being on the stifle.” Fined $750, but “penalty will be reduced to $500 if not appealed.” Guess what –…
According to the chart for the 2nd at Prairie yesterday, 3-year-old La India de Capo “fell at the start” and required the “equine ambulance.” Here is that fall: According to the chart for the 2nd at Evangeline Saturday, 4-year-old One…
The following horses were injured in U.S. races last week and had to be removed from the track by “equine ambulance.” While fates remain unknown at this time, please know we will eventually get kill confirmations on many if not…
According to the chart for the 7th at Ellis yesterday, Nyquist Frequency “suffered an injury…then was transported off in an equine ambulance.” In fact, the 5-year-old is dead. In its coverage of the kill, Horse Racing Nation writes, “[Jockey Yedsit]…
Some miscellaneous notes: Wednesday at Belterra, in addition to a two-horse race and a three-horse race (a good sign for our side), there was this for the 5th race: “Authoritarian reared when the gates opened and struck the side of…
The NYS Gaming Commission has just disclosed this for Rock the Weekend at Belmont Aug 11: “euthanized due to a grave health prognosis.” While detail is obviously lacking, I can tell you this poor boy was six and had been…
Through a FOIA request to the Oklahoma Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following 12 kills at that state’s tracks thus far this year. Jose Can’t Say, Jan 30, Will Rogers S “Treated for colic Jan 28; found dead in…
Over the course of just 5 days (Aug 2-15) at Ellis, 18 horses were scratched by the regulatory vet – i.e., their exploiters had every intention of racing them – for being “injured” or “unsound,” another 12 by private vets…
This from the stewards at Horseshoe, prior to the 8th Aug 13: “Flame Maker reared and flipped on the walk to the paddock and sustained catastrophic head injuries.” Dead. Flame Maker was two, and this was to be her debut…
From the stewards at Ellis Park: Aug 2: “Irina’s Charm [suffered] a catastrophic injury to her right hind leg and was humanely euthanized.” (This one was wholly predictable as the chart said, “went wrong.”) Irina’s was five. Her final exploiters:…
Through a FOIA request to the California Horse Racing Board, I have obtained the following details on some of that state’s kills in 2025 (previous ones here). (Note: The final batch of necropsies from 2025 are coming in at a…
