The CHRB says that Pour Dompter was killed training at Los Alamitos yesterday. The Board has classified it as “non-musculoskeletal,” which typically means a heart-related sudden death. Pour Dompter had just turned three. Three. This is horseracing.
In the 6th at Charles Town last night, Arya Charming was injured and, says the chartwriter, “eased, unsaddled, and euthanized on the track.” He was three years old; ’twas his 8th time under the whip. Complicit in the kill: breeder/owner…
From the charts (Equibase) yesterday: In the 2nd at Charles Town, Dereka’s Bluff “was fatally injured midway on the turn and had to be euthanized.” She was seven years old, and this was her 33rd time under the whip. Her…
While it is true that Standardbreds are not killed as often as their Thoroughbred and Quarterhorse cousins, they are indeed killed. But of more import, life on the harness circuit is just as cruel and mean; in fact, based solely…
The 2nd at Charles Town last night, in the terse, cold words of the chartwriter: “Scarlet Tanager was pulled up with a fatal injury and had to be euthanized on the track.” This poor girl was eight going on nine,…
Echo Zulu, you might remember, suffered multiple fractures while training at Santa Anita last October. Echo was a $2.6M-earning “star,” and this was big news for the racing press. Her exploiters, of course, went into preservation mode (lucrative breeding beckoned),…
In a Daily Racing Form article on a Bob Baffert horse (Muth) skipping an upcoming race because of the trainer’s dissatisfaction with a workout yesterday, the “reporter” mentions, almost incidentally, that another horse was killed in that same workout. Big…
The CHRB reports that Claddagh Cure died at Santa Anita yesterday. While we do not know the details yet – it’s been filed under “other” – I can tell you that the 4-year-old had a timed workout just two days…
The NYS Gaming Commission reports that Vallelujah was “found dead in [her Belmont] stall” yesterday. That’s “found dead” – at the age of four. Vallelujah had been put to the whip 21 times (most recently Dec 31), all at NYRA…
The CHRB has disclosed two training kills at San Luis Rey Downs Sunday: 3-year-old Adventuresome and 6-year-old Exceed Speed Limit. For now, all we have is “musculoskeletal” for the former and “non-musculoskeletal” – which typically means sudden death – for…
The NYS Gaming Commission reports that Cute Curls was euthanized in her Belmont stall Saturday after suffering for several days with neurological symptoms. A subsequent test came back positive for EHV. Cute was three and was being prepped for her first…
In Arizona yesterday, One in Vermillion was euthanized for laminitis – laminitis that came as a direct result of a training injury suffered at Zia Park in November. This one is being widely covered in the racing press because, and…
