Flip Flop Freak, says the chart, fell and was “taken off in the ambulance” yesterday at Churchill. In fact, he is dead – or as BloodHorse puts it, “the colt could not be saved.” (It’s a very rare occurrence for…
Haunted Haze made our weekly ambulance report for an “injured past 1/4 pole” in the 5th at Canterbury last Saturday. The stewards pick it up from there: “Haunted Haze went wrong on his left forelimb and stumbled severely…unfortunately, [he] was…
Best Deal, said the chart, “was injured and pulled up and transported off the track in the ambulance” in the 6th at Monmouth Saturday. In fact, I have confirmed, he is dead – at the tender age of two. The…
This for Laughing Fit in the 3rd at Presque Isle yesterday: “Laughing Fit trailed the field through the turn, took a bad step nearing the quarter pole, breaking down, and was euthanized humanely on the track.” She was five; ’twas…
This from the Gaming Commission on Top Shelf at Saratoga yesterday: “suffered a RF injury during her morning workout; was transported to Rood & Riddle where she was euthanized due to the extent of her injury.” Top Shelf was two…
This just disclosed for Marvelous Madison in the 9th at Saratoga Aug 30: “became lame in LH [after] returning to barn; evaluation revealed displaced ileal fracture – euthanized.” Marvelous was four; this was her 7th time under the whip. Her…
Champs Ourae, says the CHRB, was killed training at San Luis Rey yesterday – “musculoskeletal,” is all we get for now. He was three years old and coming off his first race, Aug 15 at Del Mar. The complicit: Jack…
This, according to the Gaming Commission, for Referendum in the 2nd at Finger Lakes yesterday: “fractured knee after crossing the wire – euthanized.” This poor boy was two, and this was his very first taste of the “thrill of competition.”…
I have confirmed the following two kills: McClusky, dead after being ambulanced off in the 4th at Arapahoe Jul 11. He was five. The complicit: breeder Eric Scott Jensen, owner/trainer Rafael Barraza, jockey Nathan Haar. Barraza also had this poor…
Yesterday, the New York Racing Association recorded a pair of training kills. The first was Stirring Words at Saratoga: “was warming up to breeze when he staggered, collapsed on the track, and expired” – a “cardiac event,” they’re calling it.…
According to the chart for the 7th at Ellis yesterday, Nyquist Frequency “suffered an injury…then was transported off in an equine ambulance.” In fact, the 5-year-old is dead. In its coverage of the kill, Horse Racing Nation writes, “[Jockey Yedsit]…
The NYS Gaming Commission has just disclosed this for Rock the Weekend at Belmont Aug 11: “euthanized due to a grave health prognosis.” While detail is obviously lacking, I can tell you this poor boy was six and had been…
