4-Year-Old Chase the Giant Dead at Finger Lakes
4-year-old Chase the Giant, a “pulled up, vanned off” on the charts last Thursday at Finger Lakes, is dead – euthanized, says the Gaming Commission, back in the barn.
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“Broke Down But Was Continuously Ridden to the Stretch”
The Equibase chart for yesterday’s 3rd at Parx: “ARMANI THE WON broke down in his right front near the three eighths pole but was continuously ridden [by jockey Silvestre Gonzalez] to the stretch where he was pulled up near the…
Tacticus Makes it 3 Dead at Keeneland in Less Than 24 Hours
Keeneland, one of the nation’s elite racetracks, lost its third “athlete” in less than 24 hours when Tacticus suffered what the The Courier-Journal calls “a fatal fracture” while working out this morning. As was the case with yesterday’s fallen, this…
Two Big-Time Earners – Shore Runner, Skyring – Killed on Same Keeneland Day; Racing Hacks Take Note
As has been oft-repeated here, Racing’s propaganda arm – aka the Paulick Report, the Daily Racing Form, Blood-Horse – eschews talk of casualties. Common sense, really, as their fortunes are inextricably tied to the larger industry’s, and dead horses are…
Dead: Charitable Star at Charles Town, Nine Innings at Batavia
I have confirmed that Charitable Star was euthanized on the track after breaking down at Charles Town Thursday night (race 4). She was three years old. The NYS Gaming Commission reports that Nine Innings is dead after breaking down at…
Irish Nuggets “Goes Bad,” “Pulls up Lame,” Dead
3-year-old Irish Nuggets is dead after breaking down in the 8th Wednesday at Indiana Grand. In reporting on this, the Daily Racing Form is being true to form: First, that there is any coverage at all can be entirely explained…
Four Dead at Los Alamitos
From the Los Alamitos Stewards Minutes, September 18, race 2: La Victoria Light “broke down at or about the 1/16th pole…fell to the track surface…was transported to the Receiving Barn [and] euthanized.” Dead – at two, in her second ever…
Nothing Natural About This Life – or Death
Totally Discreet was born on April 26, 2013. After being “trained,” in all probability, prior to his second birthday, he was raced for the first time this summer at Saratoga. And now he is dead – euthanized Tuesday, says the…
“The Saddest Day of My Life”
Horse & Country reports that 7-year-old Brown Panther (picture here) “shattered a hind leg while defending his title in the Irish St Leger at the Curragh Racecourse” last Sunday and was subsequently “put to sleep.” Revolting enough, but then there…
2-Year-Old Dead at Belmont
The NYS Gaming Commission reports that Disappear Here is dead – “euthanized on track” – after breaking down while practicing at Belmont yesterday morning. At the time of her death, the filly was being prepped for her first race. She…
Boccaccio Dead at Charles Town
I have confirmed that 4-year-old Boccaccio was euthanized on the track after breaking down in the 8th last night at Charles Town. At the time of her death, the filly was still being whipped at the maiden claiming level. This…
Two “Athletes” Killed on the Louisiana Downs Field Yesterday
By practically every measure, football is the most brutal of American sports, a game of full-contact ferocity played at a warp speed by modern-day gladiators. That said, how many NFL players do you suppose died on the field this past…