Death Reports, Arizona

More Turf Kills, Including One-Year-Old With Fractured Skull, and Three-Year-Old With “Both Forelimbs Only Connected Via Skin”

Through a FOIA request to the Arizona Dept. of Gaming, I have confirmed the following kills at Turf Paradise thus far this year. (Turf is the only currently running track in Arizona. Because of the amount of detail, I am…

Read MoreMore Turf Kills, Including One-Year-Old With Fractured Skull, and Three-Year-Old With “Both Forelimbs Only Connected Via Skin”

2-Year-Old’s Death: “Horse collided with another horse during training and then collapsed on the track.”

Through a FOIA request to the Arizona Dept. of Gaming, I have confirmed the following kills at Turf Paradise thus far this year. (Turf is the only currently running track in Arizona. Because of the amount of detail, I am…

Read More2-Year-Old’s Death: “Horse collided with another horse during training and then collapsed on the track.”

Death of a 2-Year-Old Racehorse: “Complete, displaced fractures ribs 9-18; extensive laceration of the aorta; tearing of the spinal cord; laceration of the right lung; severe muscle maceration and hemorrhage.”

Through a FOIA request to the Arizona Dept. of Gaming, I have confirmed the following kills at Turf Paradise thus far this year. (Turf is the only currently running track in Arizona. Because of the amount of detail, I am…

Read MoreDeath of a 2-Year-Old Racehorse: “Complete, displaced fractures ribs 9-18; extensive laceration of the aorta; tearing of the spinal cord; laceration of the right lung; severe muscle maceration and hemorrhage.”

2-Year-Old’s First Race: “While galloping out, horse fell suddenly: multiple neck fractures, underlying spinal cord severely fragmented with massive hemorrhage, massive hemorrhage in surrounding muscles.”

Through a FOIA request to the Arizona Dept. of Gaming, I have confirmed the following 19 kills at Turf Paradise last year. Papale, Jan 1, Turf S “Sudden death.” Papale was six years old. Summer Reign, Jan 13, Turf T…

Read More2-Year-Old’s First Race: “While galloping out, horse fell suddenly: multiple neck fractures, underlying spinal cord severely fragmented with massive hemorrhage, massive hemorrhage in surrounding muscles.”

Class Proof at Turf: “compound cannon fracture, shattered into many fragments, bone protruding.”

Through a FOIA request to the Arizona Dept. of Gaming, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks thus far this year. (I am posting in installments.) This Famous Dream, Jan 28, Turf R“Comminuted fractures of both RF…

Read MoreClass Proof at Turf: “compound cannon fracture, shattered into many fragments, bone protruding.”