Party Game, the CHRB says, was killed training (“musculoskeletal”) at Santa Anita yesterday. He would have turned five today. For Cal Racing, probably still hung over from celebrating “only” 64 dead horses last year, this makes nine already in 2023.
The NYS Gaming Commission reports that Woodmere Skyroller died in her stall at Yonkers Friday. No other details were given, but we do know that Woodmere was five years old and scheduled to be raced Tuesday. Young, still-active horses dying…
Details from the Kentucky Racing Commission on three kills I previously reported… Paddock Boss, Oct 30, race 8, Churchill: “There was a full thickness tear in the skin of the dorsal pastern. The interphalangeal joint was open, with complete luxation.…
The CHRB relays that Actuator, three, experienced “sudden death” while training at Santa Anita Saturday. Again, three years old, sudden death. Only in the so-called Sport of Kings do adolescent athletes keel over and die regularly. How they’ve been able…
Garth Road, a “pulled up injured after the race, vanned off” at Aqueduct yesterday, is, no surprise, dead. He was two years old; ’twas his third time under the whip. This, as ever, is horseracing.
Feeling Well, says the CHRB, was killed while training this morning at Los Alamitos. She was two years old and being prepped for her debut.
Press On, three, was killed training this morning at Santa Anita – “musculoskeletal,” for now. He is the sixth dead horse at Cal tracks through the first three weeks of 2023. “Reform” is a ruse, “safe racing” a lie. Horseracing…
According to the Racing Post, 5-year-old The Perfect Crown fell in a race at Wolverhampton (England) Monday and “suffered a fatal injury.” In fact, says his dinged-up jockey, Hollie Doyle, TPC broke both front legs – just “a freak accident,”…
The CHRB says that Emma’s Dance died at Golden Gate Saturday – no details given. She was four years old and had been put to the whip 22 times, most recently Nov 26.
In the 7th at Batavia yesterday, says the Gaming Commission, Bloodstockshalltab “took a bad step on the first turn” and suffered a “nonrepairable” leg injury (he broke it), “necessitating euthanasia.” The track, by the way, was termed “rainy and sloppy.”…
The CHRB has (belatedly it would appear) disclosed the training kill of Alsalam (below) at Los Alamitos Monday. He was two years old and being prepped for his debut. This is horseracing.
Two more dead athletes to report from California: Yesterday, Big Future was felled while training at Los Alamitos. He was two years old and being prepped for his debut. The day before, Tap Union succumbed to colic at Golden Gate.…
