8-year-old Casey’s On Call is dead after breaking down in Wednesday afternoon’s 2nd race at Hawthorne. If not for a pair of dinged up jockeys, this death likely would have gone unnoticed, for, you see, Casey’s On Call was just…
Crystallo, a 6-year-old mare who toiled under six different trainers over the past three years, broke down in yesterday’s 3rd race at Mountaineer. She is dead, another career claimer killed in the not-so-heroic pursuit of cash. The complicit trainers: Angel…
Unraced 2-year-old colt Jojonotjoelowe, trained by Leslie Hinds, snapped his leg while practicing at Aqueduct Thursday and was killed. NY’s 2014 Death Toll: 21.
In two days last weekend, Santa Anita lost three horses: 2-year-old Russian Silk, Saturday’s 9th race; 3-year-old Causewere Gamblers, Sunday’s 3rd race; and 4-year-old Notbyemyrules, Sunday’s 9th race. What’s more, one trainer, Daniel Dunham, can claim two of the dead…
I was able to confirm that 3-year-old Art of the Game was killed after breaking down at the finish of Friday’s 8th race at Gulfstream. Complicit in her death are jockey Corey Lanerie, trainer Nick Zito, and owner Richard Pell.…
Two Standardbreds were killed in a horrific head-on collision Thursday night at Flamboro Downs (Ontario). After falling early and losing his driver, Buckbuckbuck Mach began running in the wrong direction, eventually crashing into A Sudden Twist. Standardbred Canada reports that…
7-year-old Striking Slew, a progeny of 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, was killed Sunday on the Belmont training track after fracturing his humerus.
6-year-old With a Miracle was killed after collapsing in the stretch of Sunday’s 7th race at Sunland. Complicit in her death are jockey Irwin Rosendo, trainer Weston Martin, and owner Chris Aulds. The kill-fall can be seen here (around 1:35…
Saturday at the races: 6-year-old Vagabond Shoes, running in a $200,000 Grade 2 at Santa Anita, broke down and was killed. Vagabond Shoes (below): jockey, Victor Espinoza; trainer, John Sadler; owner, Hronis Racing. 4-year-old Garden Tavern, running for $11,000 in…
3-year-old Finesse collapsed and died of an apparent “cardiac issue” Friday afternoon after finishing second in a race at Oaklawn. Finesse was ridden by Ricardo Santana and trained by Steve Asmussen (below) – yes, that Ricardo Santana and Steve Asmussen.
Updates on Uncle Betty and Cooper River: Through a call to the state vet’s office, Joy Aten (“Shedrow Secrets”) confirmed that Uncle Betty was indeed killed after breaking down March 13th at Charles Town. The 2-year-old filly was ridden by…
While this page holds that all horseracing is wrong, there is perhaps no more vile form than the steeplechase (“jumps”), the kind of animal competition that comes with an expectation of bodies falling, breaking, and dying. And so it was…
