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Royal King, says the NYS Gaming Commission, broke down training at Belmont Friday and was euthanized the following day. He was five years old and had been put to the whip 15 times, most recently Oct 31. On this, one…
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2-Year-Old Killed at Belmont
This from the NYS Gaming Commission: “Holiday Bound was euthanized Dec 19 at Belmont Park due to a fractured right tibia.” Presumably, the eventually-fatal injury was incurred during a training session five days prior. The 2-year-old Holiday was being prepped…
2-Year-Old Killed at Santa Anita
Louder was killed during morning training at Santa Anita yesterday. She was two years old and being prepped for her first race. She is the 103rd (that we know about) dead racehorse in California this year. 103rd. For $2 bets.
California: 102 Dead Horses This Year
The CHRB reports that Dolly May died at Santa Anita Sunday, no details given. Made in Ireland in 2019, Dolly was shipped to California in ’21, where she was raced 26 times (in addition to one at Turf), most recently…
“It just burst.”
Always Dreaming, the 2017 Kentucky Derby “winner,” died Thursday at a farm in Oklahoma. The details from “Bloodstock Agent” Chad Schumer (in the TDN): “The horse was sick. He was [at a clinic] for four days. They didn’t do any…
“Catastrophic Injury, Euthanized on Track” at Aqueduct
The 8th at Aqueduct yesterday, in the words of the chartwriter: “Jemography was hustled from the gate, pressed the pace on the outside…sustained a catastrophic injury just inside the 5/16 pole…then was euthanized on the track.” Several other horses, he/she…
The Crime Against Tapaway Continues: 191 Lengths Back Over Last Three Races
The NYS Gaming Commission reports that Cobra Creek was euthanized after breaking down in the 10th at Saratoga Harness yesterday afternoon. He was four years old. Chief among the complicit: trainer/driver Bob Davis. The weather conditions there, by the way,…
Lady Derby’s “Sudden Death” Makes It 38 Kills at Los Al This Year
The CHRB reports that one day before Give Me the Lute was killed at Los Alamitos, Lady Derby “collapsed while cooling out” (post race) there – “sudden death.” That would be “sudden death” at the age of six – which…
Give Me the Lute Killed at Los Alamitos Saturday
At Los Alamitos Saturday, Give Me the Lute was said to have “went wrong” and was eventually “transported off the track via ambulance.” This combination, as regular readers know, almost always translates to death, and indeed it has here. From…
Death at Del Mar; Fall at Parx
The CHRB reports that 2-year-old Timty perished at Del Mar Wednesday. While the Board (of course) offered no details, I can tell you the death came three days after a timed workout at that same track. Chief among the complicit,…
Death in the Mahoning Dirt
The 6th at Mahoning yesterday, in the cold, terse telling of the chartwriter: “Prayed Today set the pace two wide for nearly a half mile, suffered a catastrophic injury nearing the quarter pole, pulled up and was euthanized.” Just another…
A Kill at Aqueduct, a Kill at Pleasanton
This for Uncorrelated at Aqueduct yesterday, according to the Gaming Commission: “Horse experienced a cardiac event [and] collapsed prior to the finish line – died on the track.” At just four years of age, Uncorrelated was still an adolescent –…