Death Reports, California

A 2-Year-Old’s Death at Santa Anita: “Catastrophic Tibial Fracture with Severe Hemorrhage and Tearing of Musculature and Skin”

Through a FOIA request to the California Horse Racing Board, I have obtained the following details on 2021 kills. (I will be posting in installments.) Arjun, Jul 28, San Luis Rey T “Went down along outside rail, down for five…

Read MoreA 2-Year-Old’s Death at Santa Anita: “Catastrophic Tibial Fracture with Severe Hemorrhage and Tearing of Musculature and Skin”

More From California: “The Cause of Death in This Animal Was Exsanguination”; 2-Year-Old Breaks Both Front Legs

Through a FOIA request to the California Horse Racing Board, I have obtained the following details on 2021 kills. (I will be posting in installments.) Holdfast, Sep 16, Golden Gate T “Horse went to track and backtracked; rider said horse…

Read MoreMore From California: “The Cause of Death in This Animal Was Exsanguination”; 2-Year-Old Breaks Both Front Legs

More From California: “Collapsed, Sudden Death”; “[Multiple] Open Fractures”; “Stomach Rupture”; “Severed Spine”; and a 2-Year-Old With “Remarkable, Severe Gastric Ulceration”

Through a FOIA request to the California Horse Racing Board, I have obtained the following details on 2021 kills. (I will be posting in installments of five.) Rustic Canyon, Feb 26, San Luis Rey T “Horse was working 5/8 mile,…

Read MoreMore From California: “Collapsed, Sudden Death”; “[Multiple] Open Fractures”; “Stomach Rupture”; “Severed Spine”; and a 2-Year-Old With “Remarkable, Severe Gastric Ulceration”

More California Deaths: “Protrusion of MCIII Through Skin”; “Broken Neck”; “Fractured Skull”; “Appeared to Be Suffocating on Blood”; “Spinal Cord Compression”; et al.

Through a FOIA request to the California Horse Racing Board, I have obtained the following details on 2020 kills (previous ones here). (The names were redacted but, paradoxically, the dead had already been identified on the Board’s public database.) Harliss,…

Read MoreMore California Deaths: “Protrusion of MCIII Through Skin”; “Broken Neck”; “Fractured Skull”; “Appeared to Be Suffocating on Blood”; “Spinal Cord Compression”; et al.

“Locked Up [During] Race, Found Dead Five Days [Later] – Complete Transection of the Spinal Cord”

Through a FOIA request to the California Horse Racing Board, I have obtained the following details on 2020 kills (previous ones here). (The names were redacted but, paradoxically, the dead had already been identified on the Board’s public database.) Tailback,…

Read More“Locked Up [During] Race, Found Dead Five Days [Later] – Complete Transection of the Spinal Cord”

One Horse’s Death at Los Alamitos: “pelvic fractures, sacral fractures, lumbar fractures, occipital fractures, massive hemorrhage, acute hypovolemic shock”

Through a FOIA request to the California Horse Racing Board, I have obtained the following details on 2020 kills (previous ones here). (The names were redacted but, paradoxically, the dead had already been identified on the Board’s public database.) Buckstopper…

Read MoreOne Horse’s Death at Los Alamitos: “pelvic fractures, sacral fractures, lumbar fractures, occipital fractures, massive hemorrhage, acute hypovolemic shock”