This morning, I wrote how the Racing Grinder never sleeps, even on slow days. But yesterday, as it turns out, was even worse than originally reported. I have confirmed that Holy Chrome, who was said (by Equibase) to have “[taken]…
Mondays and Tuesdays are this industry’s quietest days, with but a handful of tracks running. Still, the Killing Machine takes no breaks. Yesterday, this (Equibase): In the 6th at Mahoning, Major Drama “dueled for the lead along the rail into…
Charles Town, again. Take Your Chances in the 8th last night, as relayed by Equibase: “suffered a fatal injury shortly after the start and had to be euthanized.” The 4-year-old is the third horse to be killed at the “Hollywood…
Charles Town, again. In the 7th last night, Weekend Liberty “experienced a catastrophic injury approaching the three-eighths pole and was euthanized” (Equibase). Weekend Liberty was five; ’twas his 29th time under the whip. Then this: In a single day (Monday)…
From the most recent Minutes at Los Alamitos… November 23, race 1: “Maddie Jane’s Bay clipped the heels of Heaven In Her Eyes and fell after which Heaven In Her Eyes appeared to be injured and was pulled up. Heaven…
The 4th at Charles Town last night, as relayed by Equibase: “STELLA NOVA…rounded the turn off the rail, steadily progressed through the stretch to get up at the wire but was fatally injured shortly past the wire and had to…
2-year-old La Relampago’s “result” in the 2nd at Mahoning yesterday: “settled early, angled out in the stretch, took a bad step eased and was euthanized” (Equibase). “took a bad step…and was euthanized.” For gambling. The latest Minutes from Del Mar…
According to the (Equibase) chart for the 2nd at Del Mar Saturday, Tribal Ann “took a bad step, was pulled up in distress and [ultimately] vanned off.” We now know that the 4-year-old filly under the whip for the second…
The Equibase line for Bird of Trey in the 2nd at Parx yesterday afternoon: “chasing in the four path, suffered a catastrophic injury to his left front midway on the turn and was euthanized.” Bird of Trey was five; ’twas…
Three Perfections, five, was killed in the 3rd at Aqueduct yesterday. According to the Equibase writer, he “took a bad step…suffering a catastrophic injury and was placed to a protective hold and expertly pulled up but unfortunately had to be…
The end for 3-year-old Call Me Squirt at Penn last night, as relayed by Equibase: “CALL ME SQUIRT dueled for the lead on the outside going tow wide around the turn, broke his right front at the eighth pole, was…
The most recent minutes from Los Alamitos reveal “one equine death due to racing injuries” for Nov 16-Nov 18. While the identity of the dead horse was not disclosed, we can, based on the charts, fairly surmise it was either…
