Through a FOIA request to the Texas Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks thus far this year: Data Force, Jan 20, Sam Houston T – “sudden death – died on track” (two years old)…
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…
Through a FOIA request to the Texas Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks through April 21: Team Colors, Jan 27, Sam Houston R – “bilateral proximal sesamoid fracture” Come and Take It, Jan 29,…
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,…
Through a FOIA request to the Texas Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills on that state’s tracks in 2017. Unless otherwise noted, immediate cause of death was limb fracture of one kind or another – underlying cause, of…
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…
Through a FOIA request to the Texas Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following 28 kills on Texas racetracks in 2015: 2-year-old Katelynn’s the One, January 30, Sam Houston 8 “compound biaxial midbody fractures of the proximal sesamoids of right…
Through an “Open Records” request, I have confirmed the following 27 deaths on or at Texas racetracks in 2014: 2-year-old Eyes a Stoli, March 27, Sam Houston 7 Equibase merely said “injured, fell, vanned off.” 4-year-old Stop Talking, April 10,…
