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What in the world is going on at major thoroughbred tracks? Saratoga has always been known as the Graveyard for Favorites. Now it is just a graveyard for these equine athletes. Wednesday a horse had a coronary and died during a race. Jockey Luis Saez sustained a broken clavicle and arm. Today two more horses died on the track. One horse was only warming up. Then in a $500,000 stakes race New York Thunder, leading by 5 lengths in the stretch, broke a left front leg and was euthanized. Jockey Tyler Gafflione was banged up but ok thank goodness. This brings Saratoga horse deaths to 8 for this meet. I have to mention that while NY Thunder was winning easily by 5 lengths Gafflione hit the horse hard two times and after the second hit the horse went down. I don’t know why Gafflione was whipping the horse and I think he should explain his actions. Don’t be surprised if PETA begins going after the thoroughbred industry as they did with greyhound racing.
Thankfully you can count the number of Standardbreds who die on the race track annually on one hand.
i think thats #15 this meet,its aqful
Another near crazy thing happened there yesterday. In an Optional $62,500 claimer a horse won in an earlier race. The horse was claimed but then the vet voided the claim. Now the horse didn’t fall down or stagger off the track. He seemed fine in the winners circle and he obviously ran very fast. Was he visibly bleeding maybe, I don’t know. Whatever happened I commend the vet for stepping forward to protect the new owner. This was a claim off Rudy Rodriguez. Any thoughts ploppers?