by Patrick Battuello | Aug 17, 2016 | Dead Athletes
Recently disclosed by the NYS Gaming Commission: 3-year-old Was It Worth It suffered an injury in the 6th at Finger Lakes July 19. From there, “left stifle swelling, ligament rupture” – euthanized August 8. This past Monday, Victorious Lover, also...
by Patrick Battuello | Aug 15, 2016 | Dead Athletes, Featured
From the Daily Racing Form: At Del Mar, 4-year-old Unusualy “collapsed after completing a five-furlong workout Monday and perished.” According to the paper, he is the 13th track-related kill there this summer – 6 racing, 7 training. There have also...
by Patrick Battuello | Aug 13, 2016 | Dead Athletes
The latest Del Mar Stewards Minutes reveal two more dead (though unidentified), bringing that track’s summer Death Toll to (at least) 14. week of 7/11/16-7/17/16, “Deceased: 5” week of 7/18/16-7/24/16, “Deceased: 6” week of...
by Patrick Battuello | Aug 12, 2016 | Dead Athletes
Having been at this for four years, I now regularly receive eyewitness accounts of track deaths. Most are simply sharing the horror of what they had seen, usually accompanied by a vow never to return. But others pass along information with no apparent motivation. An...
by Patrick Battuello | Aug 10, 2016 | Dead Athletes, Featured
It’s hard to say how many fatal paddock fractures and “sudden cardiac events” occur just prior to scheduled races, for these deaths are typically buried as mere “vet scratches” on the official race charts. Sometimes, though, insight comes...
by Patrick Battuello | Aug 8, 2016 | Dead Athletes
While the chartwriters’ lexicon comes fairly uniform, stylistic differences occasionally arise. “Broke Down,” of course, is the euphemism of choice for dead. But in the 3rd at Presque Isle yesterday, a first (for me): Isutalkintome, a 7-year-old...
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