3-year-old Just Dance With Me died while training at Hoosier Park Tuesday. Nothing unusual there; what is is how this particular kill transpired: The Standardbred “veered off the track,” went through a fence – and drowned in an infield pond.…
The NYS Gaming Commission has confirmed that 7-year-old Mordi’s Miracle was euthanized after being “pulled up and vanned off” in the 4th race at Belmont Saturday. To date, 41 horses have lost their lives at NY tracks in 2016.
4-year-old Miss Gifted “broke down” in the 4th at Santa Anita yesterday and was, according to the Daily Racing Form, euthanized. Dead. Also, I have confirmed that 3-year-old Bravelikebetty, a “broke down” in the 6th at Charles Town Wednesday, was…
Ellerslie Racecourse (New Zealand) ran four “jumps” races Monday. One horse was killed in three of the four. Yes, that’s three dead animals in four races: 5-year-old Tu Meta Peta in the 1st, 6-year-old Musashi in the 3rd, 7-year-old Bahhton…
Dead in NY (Gaming Commission): 5-year-old Yodelmesomemagic, Finger Lakes May 27 (most recently raced April 19) – “found dead in stall…investigation continues.” (trainer/owner, Cody Axmaker) 2-year-old Rose Bern, training at Belmont yesterday morning – snapped a leg “breezing…euthanized on the…
The Equibase note for 7-year-old Indanameofdafather yesterday at Fairmount (6th): “… faltered just before finishing a half mile, fell, was euthanized and vanned off.” This pathetic creature was first thrust onto a track way back in 2011 – as a…
A pair of recent kills at Belmont (NYS Gaming Commission): 3-year-old Quaralia “pulled up lame” while training May 26. Multiple fractures. Euthanized. She had been raced three times, most recently April 20. 3-year-old Riding the Rails “sustained fractures” while training…
From the Golden Gate Stewards Minutes: “Euthanized/Died – The Desert Rat. Horse was gelded Wednesday, May 25 and rolled in the stall. Got up and two-foot section of his intestines fell out of the incision.” “Two-foot section of his intestines…
Just-disclosed kills by the NYS Gaming Commission: 5-year-old Karenina Gal, 9th race at Belmont May 18 – suffered multiple fractures, “sedated, vanned off – euthanized.” In her last completed race, April 14 at Aqueduct, Karenina Gal finished 11th of 12,…
From the NYS Gaming Commission: 8-year-old Soho Highroller A “collapsed and died” after the 4th at Yonkers May 23. “Possible cardiac event,” they say, but fret not – the “investigation continues.” 10-year-old Feels Like Magic N “shattered pastern” in the…
The Equibase line on 3-year-old Sweet Yankee yesterday at Louisiana Downs: “was pulled up entering the turn in distress and euthanized.” Dead. Curiously, accounts of her kill are nowhere to be found across the Racing media (let alone the media…
4-year-old Showered is dead after falling in the 1st at Churchill Thursday evening. We know this not from the chart (just “vanned off”), and certainly not through Churchill Downs (its site merely said “Showered fell in the stretch”), but because…
