The California Horse Racing Board has disclosed the following deaths at Golden Gate: 3-year-old Ekatitude was euthanized four days after fracturing her shoulder in the 7th race on May 30. The filly was injured when, according to Equibase, she “tried…
A day after Sea John’s Spirit perished at Santa Anita, another horse fell at that venerable California track. In yesterday’s 3rd, 4-year-old Hugh Knew broke down and, according to the DRF, was euthanized for her injuries. Her people: Gary Stevens,…
WHAS (Louisville) reports that 3-year-old Mariano Intheninth “broke its leg and had to be euthanized” in the 6th yesterday at Churchill. WHAS, of course, was not really covering the death of a cheap (still a maiden claimer) horse; what makes…
The Daily Racing Form reports that 7-year-old Sea John’s Spirit was euthanized after breaking down in the 4th at Santa Anita yesterday. Curiously (because she was 7), this was only her 12th race; she was inactive from May ’14 to…
The NYS Gaming Commission reports that Big Sky Paradise is dead from a race injury suffered at Monticello May 28. The note reads: “broke at gate – again after 1st turn – stopped – returned to paddock – vet exam…
The Daily Racing Form reports that 4-year-old Jedi Mind Trick was euthanized after breaking down in the 1st at Santa Anita Friday afternoon. In his preceding two races – May 17, May 9 – Jedi finished last of 10 and…
The American public has been seduced. It’s Bob Costas and NBC Sports; it’s Secretariat on ESPN’s Greatest Athletes list (and, on a postage stamp); it’s “Seabiscuit”; it’s Seattle Slew and Affirmed; it’s big hats and mint juleps and radiant millionaires;…
4-year-old Helwan, a French horse being raced for the first time in the U.S., broke down in the 4th at Belmont today and was euthanized on the track. But you know what – on this day, at that track, no…
I have confirmed that 7-year-old Tiedandtrue is dead after breaking down in the 2nd at Charles Town Wednesday. All told, this mare was raced 47 times. She was most recently trained by Kelly Jones and owned by Coleman Lawrence. In…
At least two horses were killed on American tracks yesterday: 7-year-old Hughes Next, being raced for the 44th time, went down in the 6th at Finger Lakes. The NYS Gaming Commission says only that he “broke down in the stretch…
The NYS Gaming Commission recently added Fancy Pancy to its dead-racehorse database. Apparently, the 3-year-old died on May 24 at Finger Lakes. But up until yesterday, no cause was given. Now we know: “collapsed and died on track after workout…
According to Equibase, 5-year-old Soul House finished an unremarkable 7th of 10 in the 6th at Belmont yesterday. Nothing further of note. And if not for NY’s only-one-in-the-nation database, that would be the end of this (non)story. Turns out, though,…
