Mountaineer Racetrack is about as bad as this industry gets. It’s seedy and cheap, and in fact only continues to exist because of massive subsidization. Even the writers and callers are bottom of the barrel. Take last night. In the…
An update and a couple of notes… More details on the “accident” that killed 2-year-old Sugar Girl at Los Al Saturday: According to the CHRB’s Mike Marten, Sugar, who was to be raced in the 4th, “broke away from her…
The CHRB has disclosed the death of 2-year-old Sugar Girl at Los Alamitos Saturday – “accident, pending.” She is the 19th (admitted) kill there this year.
The chart for the 3rd at Aqueduct yesterday said this: “Miami Chrome checked sharply behind an injured foe at the 9/16, clipped heels while swerving out then fell…. Ninth Hour suffered a significant injury near the 9/16 then had a…
2-year-old Black Coffee Blues at Belmont Monday: “collid[ed] with another horse…euthanized.” He is the 36th (admitted) kill at Belmont this year, 88th at all NY tracks.
Cairo Memories was euthanized in late November for pleuritis and laminitis. We know this because, and only because, the 3-year-old was a Grade-1-level horse and a big earner ($420K in just 10 races), so all the rags covered it. Cairo…
Yesterday, Beautiful Lavender perished at Golden Gate Fields. While I can’t tell you under what circumstances (CHRB has yet to release that info), what we do know is that Beautiful was just two years old and being prepped for his…
As previously reported, Must Be the Money was “vanned off” after the 8th at Churchill November 26. Here’s an update from the stewards: “It was determined that the colt had suffered a catastrophic injury to his right foreleg and he…
Javelina Cantina, five, was killed in the 10th race at Los Alamitos Saturday – “sudden death,” says the CHRB. Again, she was but five years old. She becomes the 60th (admitted) victim in the Golden State this year (and at…
According to the CHRB, a 2-year-old horse died – “cardiovascular” – at Golden Gate Monday. To be clear, this was a baby, in fact so young he (or she) didn’t even have a name yet. And his (her) heart gave…
Cyclone Slew, a “vanned off” in the 1st at Golden Gate Friday, has been confirmed dead (CHRB). Cyclone was four, and this was her 13th time under the whip. Her “connections” – primarily Roger and Shirley Hansen – also had…
In the 1st at Aqueduct last Sunday, Biondi was an “eased, protective hold, pulled up, vanned off.” We now know (Gaming Commission) that he is dead, euthanized for whatever injury he suffered. Biondi was three, and this was his seventh…
