The CHRB has just disclosed (five days later) that Chosen Son died training at Santa Anita last Sunday. It was “non-musculoskeletal,” so this was likely a “sudden death” of one kind or another (heart, lungs, etc.). He was three years…
The NYS Gaming Commission reports kills on back-to-back days at Monticello this week. Monday, it was 10-year-old Meadowbranch Ricky – “broke down at 1/4 pole”; Tuesday, 4-year-old Within The Wild – “broke down prior to race 4.” While the poor…
The CHRB says Less Is More died while training at Santa Anita yesterday. As they categorized this as “non-musculoskeletal,” it is almost certain that the 3-year-old, Doug O’Neill-trained filly suffered a “sudden death” of one kind or another (we’ll get…
The NYS Gaming Commission reports this for M J’s Yoshida at Belmont Monday: “fell outside her barn resulting in hind-leg paralysis, euthanized due to poor prognosis.” She was three years old and being prepped for her sixth race. Also, we…
In the 8th at Los Alamitos Saturday, Stanley Cartel “took a bad step and fell.” While the chartwriter claims the 4-year-old was transported off in an ambulance, in fact he was euthanized where he lay. In the wake of a…
According to the chartwriter at Aqueduct Thursday, The Golden Gorilla (quite a name, huh?) “suffered an injury to the left front leg near the half-mile pole and was placed to a protective hold…before being expertly pulled up…and transported off the…
As U.S. tracks go, Mountaineer in West Virginia is about as bad as it gets. But I’ll say this about the chartwriter(s) there: In general, we don’t get the obfuscation we see at most other tracks (especially in the big…
(Note: I had this post ready to go the day after Thanksgiving, but an initial report was changed, so I had to wait for confirmation from the KY Commission. That has come.) Some 45 million turkeys were tortured and murdered…
The NYS Gaming Commission has only just (it only took them two months) reported the death of Virtual Kiss in the 1st race at Yonkers Oct 10. She was five. This is (acknowledged) kill #82 at NY tracks in 2025.…
This from the Kentucky Racing Commission Nov 19 at Churchill: “Wonder of You was pulled up abruptly near the 1/16 pole and required the assistance of the horse ambulance. It was later reported that the filly had suffered a catastrophic…
In the final race of the day yesterday at Parx, Bucks Some, said the chart, “was injured and transported off the track via ambulance.” In my long experience doing this, that combination – “injured, ambulance” – almost always translates to…
Yesterday, says the CHRB, Clemson Cutie died at Santa Anita; details will have to wait till our FOIA. She was two years old and being prepped for her debut. Also dead, Apollitical Maverick, Thanksgiving Day at Los Alamitos. He was…
