Death Reports, Texas

“Spinal Cord Fracture”; “Facial/Nasal Fractures – Massive Blood Loss”: Texas Kills, 2019

Through a FOIA request to the Texas Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks in 2019. (This is Part 2; Part 1 here.) (Please note: With but two training deaths listed since May, the carnage…

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“Fell and Died Acutely,” “Sudden Death on Track,” “Found Dead in Stall,” etc. – Texas’ Sacrificed Horses, 2018

Through a FOIA request to the Texas Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills on that state’s tracks in 2018. Unless otherwise noted, immediate cause of death was a break of one kind or another; underlying cause, of course,…

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“Colicked and Died During Training”; “Spinal Cord Dislocation”; “Catastrophic Injury With Paralysis” – Texas’ Dead Racehorses, 2016

Through a FOIA request to the Texas Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at Texas tracks in 2016: Carters Regal Eye, January 18, Retama training, “horse collapsed and died” Final Time, January 25, Sam Houston 9, “sesamoid fractures…

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