by Patrick Battuello | Jun 9, 2016 | Dead Athletes, Steeplechase Racing
Ellerslie Racecourse (New Zealand) ran four “jumps” races Monday. One horse was killed in three of the four. Yes, that’s three dead animals in four races: 5-year-old Tu Meta Peta in the 1st, 6-year-old Musashi in the 3rd, 7-year-old Bahhton in the...
by Patrick Battuello | May 24, 2016 | Dead Athletes, Recommended, Steeplechase Racing
From the “Radnor Hunt Races” (Malvern, PA) website: This year you can watch the racing excitement at Radnor Hunt in Malvern as the 86th Radnor Hunt Races are held on Saturday, May 21. Picture yourself standing in the middle of the beautiful Radnor Hunt...
by Patrick Battuello | Nov 7, 2014 | Steeplechase Racing
The Pennsylvania Hunt Cup is an annual steeplechase held in Unionville, Pennsylvania. The course is four miles of “fair hunting country” – to “approximate conditions found during a day of foxhunting” – and 22 fences “of...
by Patrick Battuello | Aug 25, 2014 | Dead Athletes, Steeplechase Racing, Tracks
7-year-old Makari, recently imported from Britain, is dead after breaking his neck in a steeplechase (race 1) this afternoon at Saratoga. Jack Doyle rode, Elizabeth Voss trained, and Merriebelle Stable owned. Curiously, the replay is missing from the NYRA website...
by Patrick Battuello | Jul 23, 2014 | Steeplechase Racing
In a French steeplechase (Saint-Pierre-la-Cour) this past Sunday, 10 horses started, 3 finished. The video tells the story far better than I ever...
by Patrick Battuello | Jun 15, 2014 | Dead Athletes, Steeplechase Racing
There is bad, then there is really bad. Friday at Clonmel Racecourse in Ireland, five, yes five, horses were killed steeplechasing. According to Irish Racing, here’s how it unfolded: “Ballintotty Boy was the first casualty in the opener when the ground was...
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