Warm Springs, an “equine ambulanced” in the 9th at Los Alamitos Saturday night, is confirmed dead. The CHRB only says, “non-musculoskeletal” – which likely means the 2-year-old just keeled over and died. All was not lost for Warm’s exploiters, however,…
As previously reported, Yes Sir Colonel collapsed and died at Parx Sep 20. This video not only shows Yes Sir “acting up” in the gate but also the jockey administering three whip strikes immediately prior to the collapse. (This is…
Chess Master, says the NYS Gaming Commission, “became ataxic, collapsed, and died” while exiting the training track at Belmont yesterday. This poor boy was nine, had already been put to the whip 55 times (including thrice at Saratoga this summer),…
Cardinale’s run in the 6th at Delaware yesterday: “Cardinale showed the way in the three path…waited confidently in the two path…before receiving a right handed cue passing the quarter, drew away in upper stretch, but appeared to sustain an injury…
The full chart note for Twinspiredjoey in the 5th at Mountaineer last night: “Twinspiredjoey was always outrun, was injured pulling up and euthanized on track.” And that’s that. Twinspired was six years old, and this was his 25th time under…
In the 5th at Parx Saturday, Yes Sir Colonel, said the chart, “dropped far back, losing contact, then collapsed in the stretch and was vanned off.” According to multiple sources, he is dead – a “cardiovascular event” of some sort.…
As a kid, I was a huge baseball fan. Back then, part of the charm was perusing the boxscores each morning. From these, I kept stats for my favorite team, the Reds. Hits, RBIs, runs, stolen bases – what fun,…
At Churchill Sunday, Sgt. Garcia, said the chart, “suffered an injury and dislodged his rider, then was transported off the track in an equine ambulance.” This “spill” was covered extensively by the racing press because (and only because) the “dislodged…
The NYRA cruelty show may have moved on from Saratoga to Aqueduct, but horses remain, and are still being trained, at the former. And this, according to the Gaming Commission, just happened there yesterday to 3-year-old Uncle Hulka: “horse flipped…
According to the NYS Gaming Commission, this happened to Shadow while training at Belmont Apr 24: “Horse experienced an idiopathic seizure, became loose on the track, then exited and knocked down a NYRA peace officer. Horse fell to the ground…
This, according to the NYS Gaming Commission, for Silver Skillet while training at Belmont Monday: “reared and collapsed – diagnosis, sudden death.” Silver was five and had been put to the whip 22 times, most recently at Saratoga Aug 22.
A reminder, this happened to Boogaard in the 1st race at Delaware Park last Thursday: We now know that the 2-year-old, who was under the whip for the very first time, is dead. This from the stewards: “Horse fell at…
