Through a FOIA request to the Kentucky Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks last year (this is part 2; previous posts here). (Due to the high number of dead horses, I will be posting…
Through a FOIA request to the Kentucky Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks last year (this is part 2; previous posts here). (Due to the high number of dead horses, I will be posting…
Through a FOIA request to the Kentucky Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks last year (this is part 2; previous posts here). (Due to the high number of dead horses, I will be posting…
Through a FOIA request to the Kentucky Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks last year (this is part 2; previous posts here). (Due to the high number of dead horses, I will be posting…
Through a FOIA request to the Kentucky Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks thus far this year. (I will post in installments.) Petit Verdot, Feb 17, Turfway R“Horse suffered catastrophic injury near 3/8 pole:…
Through a FOIA request to the Kentucky Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks thus far this year. (I will post in installments.) Haloo, Feb 4, Turfway T“Horse made contact with rail: fractures of humerus…
Through a FOIA request to the Kentucky Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks thus far this year. (I will post in installments.) Conundrum Queen, Jan 21, Turfway T“Horse was galloping and pulled up after…
Through a FOIA request to the Kentucky Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks in 2022. Please note that, as expected, over 80% of the necropsies indicated varying levels of stomach ulceration in the deceased.…
Through a FOIA request to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following 65 kills at that state’s tracks in 2021. Please note, however, that the Commission only forwarded four stall deaths. Four stall deaths, in twelve months,…
Through a FOIA request to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, I was able to go back and get these death confirmations from 2015: Bandini’s Star, Jan 3, Turfway R – “fracture, ligament rupture”Fancita Mae, Jan 18, Turfway R – “tendon…
Through a FOIA request to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks in 2020. Note regarding the training death at Ellis August 24: According to the Commission, the dead horse was Loving…
An addendum to my 2019 Kentucky FOIA report: The documents I received from the Commission did not include stall deaths; neither, fatalities at the state’s four harness tracks. So, I asked again for the missing information (or, I should say,…
