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Another Kill at Aqueduct; 64 for NYRA This Year
Howzyourcashflow, an “injured, vanned off” in the 4th at Aqueduct Sunday, has been confirmed dead. She was three years old. For the safety-first New York Racing Association, this makes 64 kills at its tracks this year.
Priorities…
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission has signed off on a six-year suspension for veterinarian Cynthia Loomis. According to a BloodHorse article, Loomis “injected two horses entered to race with Lasix and ACTH; failed to report to the regulatory vet within 24 hours two intra-articular joint injections she administered to a horse at the track; and…
2-Year-Old Killed at Golden Gate
Its Happy Hour, an “injured, vanned off” at Golden Gate Saturday, is dead – “musculoskeletal,” says the CHRB (I will eventually get the ugly details of course). He was but two years old, and this was just his second race.
Oh, What’s a Bereaved Trainer To Do
“He was a horse who never had an issue and just loved his job. It’s crushing. Gut-wrenching for all of us.” The he was 9-year-old Cross Border, who, says the DRF, “succumbed to an apparent cardiac arrest” at Gulfstream Thursday. The wrenched gut belongs to trainer Mike Maker, who, it appears, is utterly oblivious to…
