This week’s casualties: Monday Unremitting, Ruidoso, race 7, vanned off Tuesday Captain Daddy, Parx, race 6, vanned off Fenway, SunRay, race 4, vanned off Wednesday Patriot’s Dream, Delaware, race 3, vanned off Princess Zaneta, Thistledown, race 2, “returned bleeding from…
A six-month update on those horses reported as “vanned off” in November 2013: Kela Flatts, Charles Town, hasn’t been heard from since South Forty, Golden Gate, hasn’t been heard from since Royal Pop Lbh, Lone Star, hasn’t been heard from…
The following racehorses were casualties on American tracks last week: Monday Mitch’s Halo, Les Bois, race 9, vanned off Phonybooksnrecords, Prairie, race 6, vanned off Tuesday Silver Arch, Parx, race 7, confirmed dead Wednesday New Vogue, Les Bois, race 5,…
The following racehorses were casualties on American tracks last week: Tuesday Bodacious Bets, Fairmount, race 5, vanned off Summa Cum Boom, Parx, race 3, confirmed dead Stonesthrowaway, SunRay, race 5, vanned off Wednesday See the Music, Belmont, race 7, confirmed…
The following racehorses were casualties on American tracks last week: Tuesday Lil Ditty, Will Rogers, race 10, vanned off Wednesday Cryptolight, Presque Isle, race 5, vanned off Rhythm of the Moon, Suffolk, race 4, confirmed dead Portfolio, Thistledown, race 6,…
The following racehorses were casualties on American tracks last week: Monday Tuesday The Commerce Comet, Will Rogers, race 2, vanned off Wednesday Tazman Green, Charles Town, race 1, vanned off Our Painted Veil, Indiana, race 3, “bled outwardly” Ardency, Suffolk,…
This, from Sunday’s 6th race at Parx: 4-year-old Debonaire Man “stumbled at the start, was steered wide, was unable to keep pace with winner but gamely held place. Debonaire apparently injured himself at the start and after battling tenaciously to…
The following racehorses were casualties on American tracks last week: Monday Caverna, Beulah, race 2, confirmed dead Win Machine, Mountaineer, race 3, vanned off Broken Legacy, Mountaineer, race 4, bled Tuesday Fair Fight, Charles Town, race 2, bled, vanned off…
The following is a six-month update on those horses reported as vanned off in October 2013. (Please note: I began tracking casualties on October 14th.) While reading, bear in mind that two racing experts put the vanned-off mortality rate at…
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The following racehorses were casualties on American tracks last week: Monday Bojax, Turf, race 2, vanned off Tuesday Bubba Blitz, Beulah, race 7, “in apparent distress” Wednesday Successful Review, Evangeline, race 3, vanned off Genuine Windi Dash, Turf, race 2,…
Abuse arrives in various forms: On January 10th at Turfway in Kentucky, trainer David Hunt (for Wanda Ward) took his 6-year-old mare Pass Me a Drink into battle, battle, in this case, being a horserace worth $7,500. Four days later…
