Mike Marten of the CHRB: “Giver Not a Taker was injured during the running of the 10th race Sunday at Del Mar, requiring euthanasia.” Dead, at the age of four. The complicit: breeders/owners Kirk and Judy Robison, trainer Peter Miller,…
The CHRB says that Shana Madel died at Pleasanton Thursday. No details until my FOIA. She was three years old and had been under the whip four times.
From the oh-how-they-deceive file: According to the chart for the 2nd race at Delaware last Saturday, Music Amore “finished a game third and was vanned off.” In point of fact, say the stewards in their report, “horse was euthanized on…
The NYS Gaming Commission reports this for Tonal Impact at Saratoga Monday: “Horse was found down in his stall. Veterinarian examined. Horse died due to sickness.” “Horse” was six years old.
The chartwriter’s recounting of the 5th at Mountaineer last night: “Wicked Review took a bad step falling near the 7/16 pole…euthanized on track.” Wicked was four years old. Here is how it looked. Note the announcer’s “reaction”:
Lili Gl broke down in the 2nd at Buffalo yesterday and, says the Gaming Commission, is dead. She was six years old. While the Standardbreds do not break down as often as their Thoroughbred/Quarterhorse cousins, they do indeed die. In…
3-year-old Goodbye Kai was on our weekly list yesterday for falling and being vanned off at Pleasanton Sunday. Now, we know he is dead, as confirmed by the CHRB. In other news, the disgusting Shane Spiess raced Slick as Ice…
Hot Danzing has been confirmed (CHRB) killed after “jumping the outside rail” and being “transported off via ambulance” at Los Alamitos Thursday. She was three years old, and this was her 6th time under the whip.
According to the chart for the 5th at Prairie Meadows Sunday, 3-year-old Rita’s Revenge was a simple vet scratch. However, I have learned it was much more. An eyewitness who contacted me says that prior to the race, “The horse…
Alva Starr broke down – with what the vet called a “Barbaro-type injury” – while training yesterday at Delaware and was subsequently euthanized. This one, of course, is getting plenty of coverage, as Alva was a “star.” Here is her…
In the 2nd at Mountaineer last night, says the chartwriter, Serenade Soldier “took a bad step,” fell, and was euthanized on the track. Dead, at five. Same track a week ago Sunday, Slick as Ice brought up the rear, some…
Two kills disclosed by the CHRB, both Sunday at Pleasanton: Where It’s At while training, Jazzy Empress presumably in her stall. Both were just three years old. This – death – is horseracing, every day.
