[lodwick]

Oh my. He IS a fine looking fella! Grew up on a ranch near Nogales, and got into racing via Quarter horses, then graduated to thorougbreds.

Bad karma for the sheik - you cannot bomb a state, and then expect to come back in a win millions of dollars. You just can't.

[texasbluebell]

Is this what they were talking about to today's winning owner? Or maybe not, as it was something earlier in the week, about Harlan's Holiday, I thought that was the horse they were mentioning. Searched but couldn't find anything else about a mishap for that horse. Sad story about this horse Pleasant County though, in an earlier race at Belmont today. What a shame to lose a beautiful horse like this.

Horse dies in Belmont Park spill

Horse racing-Horse dies in Belmont Park spill

BELMONT, N.Y., June 8 (Reuters) - A bad accident in a minor race in the Belmont Park card leading up to War Emblem's attempt on the Triple Crown killed one horse, badly injured another and shocked a big Belmont Park crowd on Saturday.

Imadeed was challenging for the lead in the fourth race, a contest for fillies and mares, with Pleasant County running just behind when Imadeed stumbled and fell, sending Pleasant County crashing to the ground in full view of a packed grandstand.

Pleasant County died on the track of a fractured skull, while Imadeed was taken from the track with a fractured right leg. Neither jockey was seriously hurt. Imadeed pilot John Velazquez was riding in his first race since a spill on Friday. < snip >