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Busy Ambulances on U.S. Horseracing Tracks, January 14-28, 2024

FROM HorseracingWrongs.org
January 2024

"Only" (?) 18 injured or dead horses on U.S. racetracks in the last two weeks.

Horseracing Wrongs

Chart notes from U.S. Thoroughbred and Quarterhorse races over the past two weeks (there were many weather-related cancellations across the country):

  • Lutie Mo “fell, vanned off” at Delta
  • Freedom Rider “bad step, taken up” at Louisiana
  • Csilla “vanned off” at Tampa Bay
  • Binding Agreement “suffered an injury, collided with rival, vanned off” at Fair Grounds
  • Lost in Tahiti “vanned off” at Mahoning
  • Crosstown Girl “vanned off” at Mahoning
  • Fast Clip “suffered catastrophic injury, euthanized” at Mahoning
  • Mighty Mekong “vanned off” at Gulfstream
  • The Honorable One “went wrong, bled, vanned off” at Turfway
  • Simply “vanned off” at Aqueduct
  • Mosienko “bled” at Aqueduct
  • O B’s “vanned off” at Golden Gate
  • Zarak “vanned off” at Gulfstream
  • Luxury Brand “vanned off” at Los Alamitos
  • Armcrest Kitty “fell, vanned off” at Sam Houston
  • Royal Liaison “fell over fallen rival [above], DNF” at Sam Houston
  • Sofi “vanned off” at Sunland
  • Hiis Reina “bled” at Golden Gate

“Vanned Off”: Horse required equine ambulance to get off the track; while not all end up dead, most do, as borne out by our subsequent reporting. “Bled”: pulmonary hemorrhage.

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