Posted on 05/02/2023 7:24:43 PM PDT by Bratch
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Kentucky Derby week is off to a grim start at Churchill Downs. Three horses have died in the first two racing days of a meet that already began on a tragic note with the death of a Kentucky Derby qualifier, Wild on Ice, who was euthanized following an injury sustained in training last Thursday.
Parents Pride, a 4-year-old filly trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. and owned by Ken Ramsey, collapsed and died after Race No. 8 on the Churchill Downs turf course on Opening Night.
Another horse trained by Joseph and owned by Ramsey, Chasing Artie, collapsed and died after Race. No. 8 on the turf course on Tuesday. It had been his 12th career start. Earlier on Tuesday’s “502’s Day” card, Take Charge Briana, a 3-year-old filly trained by Wayne Lukas and owned by Willis Horton Racing, fell in the stretch on the Churchill Downs turf course and was euthanized on the track because of catastrophic injury.
All of the deaths were confirmed by reporting in the Daily Racing Form.
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Forcing horses to surpass their capabilities kills lots of horses now.
Just give them some people dewormer. They’ll be fine.
bkmk
Equine Covid “vaxes”.
Well, they did vaccinate animals against Covid, so who knows.
This is inevitable. And the reason I never watch races in person or on TV.
Just plan animal cruelty.
LOL!
Was that the movie where a brother was beign poisoned by his family and each day he’d come down the stairs with something horrible going on like losing teeth, hair, bleeding etc?
Did they, really?
So much evil and corruption in that biz....
“Three horses have died.” Not good ethically nor financially. The investment per horse is huge.
Laurel race track in Maryland has had several horse deaths recently.
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“Forcing horses to surpass their capabilities kills lots of horses now.”
Correct
Sounds like a serial horse killer is on the loose!
Coincidence! I think not.
This resembles the plot of an old “Murder She Wrote” episode.
“Sounds like a serial horse killer is on the loose!”
Or perhaps the culprit it is in the cereal.
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