In yesterday’s 2nd at Aqueduct, 4-year-old You Take the Cake finished 3rd, garnering $2,100 for her connections. The chart, however, noted that the Joseph Lostritto-trained mare “fell heavily after the finish.” Turns out, she broke her neck and was euthanized.…
At Delta Downs last night, 3-year-old One Step Higher “fell near the eighth pole [of race 3] and was euthanized.” This was the third time that trainer Thomas Nixon and owner Lary Nixon had put their filly to the whip.…
I have confirmed that 4-year-old Sharp Harbour is dead after breaking down in the 4th race at Tampa Bay on January 2nd. Racing calls this collateral damage; we call it killing. Trainer, Robert O’Connor; owner, Steve Zeehandelar.
Dead horses numbers 15 and 16 have been recorded at Aqueduct’s Fall/Winter Meet: 2-year-old filly Channel of Love – last raced on New Year’s Eve (finished last) – broke a leg while galloping in morning practice yesterday and was euthanized.…
5-year-old Warren’s Assassin is dead after breaking down in the 3rd yesterday at Santa Anita. She was trained by Jorge Gutierrez. Drayden Van Dyke was aboard.
9-year-old Standardbred Reminic was euthanized today after breaking down in yesterday’s 4th at Monticello. He was trained by Elisha Lafreniere and driven by Jason Ryan. Reminic becomes the 3rd equine athlete to die at a NYS track in the first…
Although I harbor no illusions about compassion in racing circles, sometimes the chart notes are so strikingly callous they practically leap off the page. The line for 2-year-old Good Problem in the 6th at Delta last night: “finished well [4th…
The only two states to publicly disclose dead racehorses are New York and California (though with the latter, names are not always given). Last year, the two combined for 273 killed. But remember, both states count only those who die…
Shewreckstheplace, making her 36th maiden start (all but 4, claiming), broke down and was euthanized Sunday at Aqueduct (5th race). She was a few weeks shy of her 6th birthday – or about the end of an equine’s puberty. Trainer,…
The first two racing kills for the New Year have been recorded: 2-year-old Golden Bay, under the whip for the very first time, broke down yesterday at Aqueduct (6th) and was euthanized in the dirt. Trainer, Linda Rice; owner, Francis…
3-year-old Soldier Inthe Rain is dead after breaking down in morning practice at Belmont yesterday. He is the 126th racehorse to die at a NYS track in 2014; for trainer Bruce Brown, this makes nine NY dead in five years.
There was a short pause between victims 11 and 12 at Aqueduct’s Winter Meet: A day after Celebrate We Will, the “reluctant to load” Wicked Irish, too, broke down (2nd race) and was euthanized. Although the 5-year-old had been raced…
