As I often remind, my casualty/kill lists are incomplete – not through lack of effort, but because Racing ensures that some (many) fall through the cracks, disappear. Witness 5-year-old Threetimes a Saint’s line from yesterday’s 2nd at Finger Lakes: “THREETIMES…
5-year-old Igotitdad was reported as vanned off after finishing “evenly” in a race at Gulfstream West on November 8th. Coupled with a middle-of-the-pack result, this didn’t seem overly ominous. And that’s where it would have stayed if not for a…
3-year-old Infant Gold is dead after breaking down in the 9th yesterday at Parx. He was first raced in February (when he was two). Follows are his trainer/owner teams and transaction history: James Cullen/Jay Young, 2 races, sold to Lewis…
I have confirmed that 4-year-old Madelynsheabadgirl was euthanized after breaking down at the wire of last night’s 3rd at Charles Town. Curiously, the Lori Bourne-trained (and owned) gelding had only seen the track one other time – way back in…
Surviving Kandy, an unraced 2-year-old colt, fractured a shoulder while training at Golden Gate Sunday and was subsequently euthanized. Trainer, Vod Farris. Just five days prior at that same track, 3-year-old Mr. Franco (two career starts: last, second-to-last) got loose…
To date, 122 Thoroughbreds/QuarterHorses have died at California tracks this year: Del Mar, 16 dead Golden Gate, 31 dead Los Alamitos, 16 dead Santa Anita, 48 dead Alameda County Fair, 2 dead Humboldt County Fair, 1 dead Los Angeles County…
A week ago yesterday (a delay because the Gaming Commission had it listed wrong), 3-year-old Pete broke down during morning practice at Finger Lakes and was euthanized. In the last five weeks of his young life, Pete was raced four…
3-year-old Santa Baby is dead after breaking down in the 9th Sunday at Yonkers. The Jordan Hope-trained filly was being raced for a piece of a $16,000 racino-jacked purse. She is the 8th NY Standardbred killed in action this year,…
Through a reliable source, I have confirmed that the two horses listed as broke down Friday at Woodbine are dead. 3-year-old Tomtom Drum, coming off a 10th-place finish two weeks prior, went down in the 2nd. He was trained by…
Per the annual necropsy report by the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, in 2013 60 racehorses died or were euthanized (well, they all died) at the three Oklahoma tracks: 28 at Remington, 18 at Will Rogers, and 14 at Fair Meadows.…
As a rule, the only dead horses reported in the media – including and most glaringly, the beat publications – come coupled with injured jockeys. Friday afternoon at Laurel Park, jockey Alex Cintron suffered a possible broken jaw in a…
I have confirmed that 4-year-old Lies N Disguise was euthanized after breaking down last night at Evangeline. In four career starts beginning in June – all under trainer Francis Melancon and owner Chase Melancon – the filly finished last of…
