I have confirmed that 6-year-old Slot Machine is dead after breaking down – “took a bad step” – Tuesday at Mountaineer. In his two races before dying (June 20, May 31), Slot Machine was whipped to consecutive last-place finishes –…
Blood-Horse reports that 5-year-old Lloyd Harbor was euthanized after being vanned off at Gulfstream Friday (race 9). Before dying, the mare was put to the whip 23 times. Also, the NYS Gaming Commission reports that 2-year-old unraced Coast of Carolina…
Two more dead horses in NY (from NYS Gaming Commission): Wednesday, 3-year-old Miss Lucky Lauren broke her shoulder while training at Belmont. Prior to dying, Lucky Lauren was raced twice, both at Aqueduct this past February; in her last race,…
The NYS Gaming Commission reports that 4-year-old Lord Cashel was euthanized Saturday for a fractured leg suffered in that day’s 3rd race. (The chart, by the way, gave no indication of a problem, let alone a fatal injury.) This was…
The 2 1/2-week meet at the Alameda County Fair in California – “Oak Tree at Pleasanton” – has come and gone, leaving behind a pile of dead racehorses (information direct from the California Horse Racing Board): On June 20, 7-year-old…
7-year-old Cortado is dead – “humanely euthanized,” says Equibase – after breaking down at Parx yesterday afternoon. Please stop betting on horseraces.
The NYS Gaming Commission reports that Start It Up was euthanized yesterday at Aqueduct for “laminitis in both front feet.” The 5-year-old mare had been raced 31 times, most recently at Belmont in May. While the state calls it a…
From the Los Alamitos Stewards Minutes, June 27: “JOCKEY SANTIAGO MENDEZ IS FINED THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA HORSE RACING BOARD RULE #1688 (USE OF WHIPS – WHIPPING IN POST PARADE) ON FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015. The foregoing…
I have confirmed that two horses were euthanized for catastrophic injuries on the same Charles Town card yesterday: 6-year-old Awesome Life went down in the 3rd; 5-year-old Dos Oro in the 7th. Prior to dying in the West Virginia dirt,…
7-year-old Katmai Unleashed, reported as “pulled up, vanned off” on yesterday’s Finger Lakes chart, is in fact dead – euthanized, says the NYS Gaming Commission, for fractured sesamoids. In his penultimate race just six days ago, Katmai finished dead last,…
I have confirmed that 3-year-old River Lute is dead after breaking down in the 4th Saturday at Belterra. Also, the DRF reports that 5-year-old Fonz “suffered a fatal injury” in the 7th yesterday at Los Alamitos. Two more dead horses…
The NYS Gaming Commission reports that 3-year-old Defined is dead after breaking down while training at Saratoga June 30. The once-raced (Aqueduct, April) colt is the fourth horse to die on these hallowed grounds since May 1 (You Gotta Believe,…
