Cross-posted from Horse Racing Wrongs
by PATRICK BATTUELLO
JULY 11, 2016
Sunday . . .
• Oh If I Catch You, Albuquerque, “bled, vanned off”
• Running Fauzett, Albuquerque, “bled, vanned off”
• Diamond Street, Belmont, “reported after the race to have bled”
• Templer Glory, Gulfstream, “vanned off”
• Gentlmens Agrement, Gulfstream, “vanned off” after winning “under steady urging”
• Sovereign Knight, Mountaineer, “vanned off”
• Barnstorming, Parx, “vanned off”
• Miles of Magic, Prairie, “vanned off”
• Streakinjess for Lmg, Ruidoso, “vanned”
• Memphis D Nasty, Ruidoso, “vanned”
The state of New Mexico can be particularly proud: Between its two currently active tracks (Albuquerque and Ruidoso), 14 different horses were ambulanced off over the past three days. It’s likely that many – a majority? – of those are dead.
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Source: A racehorse stretches out as he is urged toward the line at a racetrack in New Mexico. NewMexicoHorsemen.com. Photographer not cited.
(source: Equibase)
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