I have confirmed the deaths of two horses on back-to-back nights at Charles Town: 3-year-old Helton in the 6th race Wednesday 4-year-old Added Reward in the 8th race Thursday How, in 21st Century America, do we continue to abide the…
The California Horse Racing Board reports that 6-year-old Peppy Bolly was euthanized for an injury sustained August 9th (race 9) at Del Mar. According to the Del Mar Stewards Minutes, this makes 12 dead at that track since the meet…
3-year-old Mondor is dead after breaking down in the 1st at Finger Lakes yesterday – euthanized, says the Gaming Commission, on-track. She is the 71st horse to die on or at a NYS racetrack this year. Please stop betting on…
This past Sunday at Ellis Park, a 2-year-old filly named Spooky Ghost was put to the whip for the very first time. Her official line from Equibase was “went wrong along the backstretch, lost rider, vanned off.” Since Kentucky is…
From the NYS Gaming Commission: Big Looie “sustained injury breezing on the Saratoga MT [this morning]. X-rayed. Euthanized.” Prior to dying, the 8-year-old was whip-raced 51 times. Arrogant Saratoga, by the way, has now killed nine since May 1.
4-year-old On a Snowy Evening is dead after breaking down (Equibase: “took a series of bad steps out of the starting gate”) in the 8th yesterday at Saratoga. Two races back, June 24 at Belmont, On a Snowy Evening “stumbled…
I have confirmed that 4-year-old Dead Ringer was euthanized after breaking down at Charles Town Saturday night (race 5). Also, the NYS Gaming Commission has disclosed the training death of 5-year-old It’s All Your Fault at Batavia Downs Sunday. Please…
According to the Daily Racing Form, 3-year-old Urloveneverfails was euthanized after going down in the 4th yesterday at Del Mar. This is (at least) the third raceday kill at Del Mar in two weeks and, according to my count, the…
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that 2-year-old Arranmore Girl broke a shoulder yesterday during a morning workout at Del Mar and was subsequently euthanized. While the newspaper typically (and surprisingly) does a good job publishing Del Mar deaths, their claim…
5-year-old Happy My Way, a stakes winner at Pimlico on Preakness Day 2014, is dead. From the Daily Racing Form: Happy My Way, the champion Florida-bred sprinter, has been euthanized after being injured in the West Virginia Legislature Chairman’s Cup…
A second NY Standardbred (Rainin Fire) has been reported dead from last Tuesday. Image of Luck, being raced in the 2nd at Yonkers, suffered a lacerated cannon bone and was, according to the Gaming Commission, euthanized at the hospital. Also,…
The NYS Gaming Commission reports that Rainin Fire fell while warming up for a race at Monticello last Tuesday – “severely injured,” subsequently euthanized. With almost five full months to go, NY’s 2015 Death Toll stands at 66. This is…
