Yesterday at Belmont, according to the NYS Gaming Commission, La Manche “suffered a fracture to his right front breezing and was euthanized.” Dead, at four. He is the 13th racehorse to die at Belmont Park since January 8 and the…
As previously noted, Kentucky chartwriters appear to favor “went wrong” over the more-common “broke down” when trying to say dead without actually saying dead. Yesterday, in the 8th at Keeneland, 3-year-old Mandel was one of those. In reporting the death…
The Equibase account of the 9th at Gulfstream yesterday: “FAST TRACK KATHERN raced off the pace, driving upper stretch then taken under restraint, moved to outside and eased to wire, pulled up in distress after wire, euthanized on track.” Dead.…
In the just-concluded three-day Grand National meet in England, three horses were killed: Forest Des Aigles and Crucial Role Friday, Up for Review in the main event yesterday. Said a Jockey Club Racecourses director, “As a sport of animal lovers,…
The most recent Golden Gate Stewards Minutes report the euthanasia of a horse, Montana Sunset, on March 23 for “Equine Herpes Virus Neurotrophic Strain” – whatever that is. Of course, nothing new about another dead racehorse, but I thought this…
Cathedral Reader is dead after breaking down – “pretty severe[ly],” says vet – in the 8th race at Keeneland today. She was not quite four years old. While sad, the real tragedy, it seems, was gaiety interrupted. Pity, for example,…
The NYS Gaming Commission has disclosed a pair of training kills at Belmont Park: Monday, Pretty Enuff “suffered a fracture to her right front leg…x-rayed and euthanized.” Pretty Enuff was five and was being prepped for her 36th race. Thursday,…
Arms Runner, who was killed this past Sunday at Santa Anita, was said (by Equibase) to have “taken a bad step.” But how did that “bad step” – which, by the way, is one of this vile industry’s favorite euphemisms…
The most recent Stewards Minutes for Los Alamitos declare the following: “One equine death was reported this week [three days, Mar 15-Mar 17] due to racing injuries.” The Stewards, however, decided not to tell us the name of the victim;…
Owen’s Express, not yet three, broke at Finger Lakes this morning while training – dead. The Gaming Commission has now disclosed 21 deaths at NY tracks this year. This is horseracing.
Santa Anita is back – killing. In the 4th race today, Arms Runner “took a bad step,” says Equibase, fell, and was subsequently euthanized. The 5-year-old becomes the 23rd on-track kill at Santa Anita since December 30, and the 27th…
While true that Standardbreds do not break down with the same frequency as their Thoroughbred and QuarterHorse cousins, they do indeed break down. (Having said that, life on the harness circuit is just as cruel and mean and in fact…
