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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Birdfantammy on August 24, 2025, 07:12:08 PM
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Bad accident 2nd race at Ocean Downs and the announcer didn't even notice it! OMFG ..he was only watching the horse on the front. Horses and drivers down! Looked bad. Hope everyone is okay
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Who was involved? Wasn't watching it
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Trae Porter and Rick Still were both injured. He just announced that Rick Still is being helicoptered out to the Hospital. It looked bad. very bad. 2-4 horses were involved. I saw 2 get launched from the bike. Looks like it must have been Porter and Still as he said these two sustained the worst of it.
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Trae Porter and Rick Still were both injured. He just announced that Rick Still is being helicoptered out to the Hospital. It looked bad. very bad. 2-4 horses were involved. I saw 2 get launched from the bike. Looks like it must have been Porter and Still as he said these two sustained the worst of it.
I just read that they dispatched the Berlin Fire Co for atraumatic injury after an accident at OD.
I hope and pray for all drivers and equine involved.
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I just read that they dispatched the Berlin Fire Co for atraumatic injury after an accident at OD.
I hope and pray for all drivers and equine involved.
Rick landed on his neck and head.. that looked horrible.. Prayers up
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5 horses ultimately made it over the finish line with their drivers of the 8 that started.
Porter on the #4 was beating the shit out of his horse on the backstretch to the point of unnecessary, and that's who took a knee down and caused the chain accident reaction.
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5 horses ultimately made it over the finish line with their drivers of the 8 that started.
Porter on the #4 was beating the shit out of his horse on the backstretch to the point of unnecessary, and that's who took a knee down and caused the chain accident reaction.
Yep. went back and watched the replay to see who was all involved. Porter the class clown was whipping the shit out of the horse. Horse went down. Not sure if he broke down or what. Looked bad. Then Foster and Still were behind and couldn't avoid it. Still landed on his head and was motionless with his arm out on the ground. Looked really bad. Foster must have been also injured because he is off his drives now also. Looked like Foster got up after he went down with the 6. Was a mess.
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5 horses ultimately made it over the finish line with their drivers of the 8 that started.
Porter on the #4 was beating the shit out of his horse on the backstretch to the point of unnecessary, and that's who took a knee down and caused the chain accident reaction.
This is absolutely correct, but I hate to bad mouth the guy after seeing that. He has to be seriously hurt, but he caused that. Prime example of why all the rocking back and forth in the sulky is bs and should be banned Rick definitely took the worst of it.. I watched the replay 3 times and that is all I could stomach.
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This is absolutely correct, but I hate to bad mouth the guy after seeing that. He has to be seriously hurt, but he caused that. Prime example of why all the rocking back and forth in the sulky is bs and should be banned Rick definitely took the worst of it.. I watched the replay 3 times and that is all I could stomach.
Yeah I watched the replay to see who was involved and what happened. Porter caused the mess. Still and Foster couldn't avoid it. Still was launched and landed on his neck and head. Hopefully they are all okay but it looked bad. No updates on the horses either.
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Just heard from Russell.
“Just sore ankle for me. Ricky and Trae got the worst of it. Ricky knocked out but regained consciousness.
All horses walked off ok”.
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Thanks for the update! tmbz1
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That horse that caused it just arrived from another trainer/owner, what a shame some trainer probably knew the horse was dangerous
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Wow another moron. Horse wasn’t dangerous you moron. Trae porter pulled a Joe bongiorno. Horse was done and he was still pushing and pushing hand holds behind his back. Pushing and hitting. Finally horse went down and caused a wreck. If I got hurt because of a driver like this I’d smash his hands so bad he wouldn’t be driving anymore period
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Wow another moron. Horse wasn’t dangerous you moron. Trae porter pulled a Joe bongiorno. Horse was done and he was still pushing and pushing hand holds behind his back. Pushing and hitting. Finally horse went down and caused a wreck. If I got hurt because of a driver like this I’d smash his hands so bad he wouldn’t be driving anymore period
Thank you for the above. True true and truest.
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Anyone with any updates today please post here.. that was scary looking last night. The incident is posted on the other thread I think from Mike's YouTube channel. Not for the faint of heart.
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Porter needs to be set down , whatever the maximum is. No regard for anything or anybody, just whipping and slashing.
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Yes, he totally ran his horse off her feet! No rating or caution at all!
They’re not Race cars! He needs suspended maybe indefinitely, after that horrible driving there!
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5 horses ultimately made it over the finish line with their drivers of the 8 that started.
Porter on the #4 was beating the shit out of his horse on the backstretch to the point of unnecessary, and that's who took a knee down and caused the chain accident reaction.
Ran her off her feet🤷🏼♀️ -or his?
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That horse that caused it just arrived from another trainer/owner, what a shame some trainer probably knew the horse was dangerous
How was the horse dangerous? Porter ran her off her feet🙄
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Wow another moron. Horse wasn’t dangerous you moron. Trae porter pulled a Joe bongiorno. Horse was done and he was still pushing and pushing hand holds behind his back. Pushing and hitting. Finally horse went down and caused a wreck. If I got hurt because of a driver like this I’d smash his hands so bad he wouldn’t be driving anymore period
Right! Exactly, I love it when people who know nothing about horses try to claim the horse who was RAN OFF THEIR FEET US dangerous 🙄🤷🏼♀️
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Anyone with any updates today please post here.. that was scary looking last night. The incident is posted on the other thread I think from Mike's YouTube channel. Not for the faint of heart.
Still has 6 broken ribs and a shoulder (ouch) but certainly could've been much worse.
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Porter needs to be set down , whatever the maximum is. No regard for anything or anybody, just whipping and slashing.
I agree that he should be handed a lengthy suspension. When I went to watch the replay to see who all was involved and what exactly happened, I saw Porter pushing the 4 horse badly. He was whipping and rocking back and forth in the bike. USTA should review this and act accordingly. Porter is a bit of a clown. I didn't like him for similar reasons when he was driving at Rosecroft. He is a bit cocky and too aggressive, seen it at Harrington also. He thinks he is all that and that comes from when he was driving Wagner horses.
Fact is..he caused this accident last night and should be held accountable and reprimanded for it. Horses following couldn't avoid his horse when he went down. Hopefully horses are all okay and drivers. It could have been much worse. So glad it wasn't. I'm just still surprised they continued racing. I expected to see them cancel considering 2 were helicoptered out to a trauma hospital. One thing for sure, Ocean Downs took care of the scary situation and people and EMS acted fast to help those injured. I'm still baffled as to how the announcer missed 3 guys being launched in the air. The replay shows it happening right behind the horse he was watching. I'm sure he feels bad about it. But he did stay calm and let everyone know who was involved after and what was going on.
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on a much more minor note
i believe the announcer was frank salive
seemed oblivious to the accident
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I'm taking up for Frank here. He does a bang-up job and was focused on the winner drawing away when it happened and mentioned a track record in jeopardy and was probably looking at the timer to see if it was one.
But I did notice no mention of it after the wire. That seemed odd.
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I'm taking up for Frank here. He does a bang-up job and was focused on the winner drawing away when it happened and mentioned a track record in jeopardy and was probably looking at the timer to see if it was one.
But I did notice no mention of it after the wire. That seemed odd.
I will agree as I have mentioned before that his race calls are actually very good for the most part. He has some laughable moments on the mic. Lately he has been watching the timer a lot during races. It was puzzling that after the wire you can see the outrider and several people running to go help and still no mention of what happened. He was still talking about the winner and then nothing. So strange
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I'm taking up for Frank here. He does a bang-up job and was focused on the winner drawing away when it happened and mentioned a track record in jeopardy and was probably looking at the timer to see if it was one.
But I did notice no mention of it after the wire. That seemed odd.
thank you--i agree 100%
Frank has witnessed more accidents than all of us-calling races for around 50 years
he was not watching the backfield--he was staring at the clock and missed it--certainly not due to incompetence, indifference or insensitivity
there was an unusual delay for him to finally say something-he was more likely caught off guard and felt bad for missing it in his call
there was no safety concern as it happened on the final turn-he surely would have called it if it was the first or 2nd turn-alerting the other drivers
as far as Trae-i am not sure what he was doing-he is having a career year being allowed to drive Primo Maschio, even in big races
Rick Still going down was ugly-i hope recovery goes quickly
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big fan of frank !!
just an odd call
it happens
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Meanwhile, nothing on Ustrotting.com
Is it because Ocean didn’t send them anything?
I would think they would contact somebody at Ocean to get the story. It’s not like nobody at Ustrotting weren’t aware. Or was it?
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Tetrick racing on FB
R. Still has 6 broken ribs, broke his shoulder, & has a concussion & a little bleeding around his head. He is awake.
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Tetrick racing on FB
R. Still has 6 broken ribs, broke his shoulder, & has a concussion & a little bleeding around his head. He is awake.
I see an article on the USTA saying the same thing.
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I agree that he should be handed a lengthy suspension. When I went to watch the replay to see who all was involved and what exactly happened, I saw Porter pushing the 4 horse badly. He was whipping and rocking back and forth in the bike. USTA should review this and act accordingly. Porter is a bit of a clown. I didn't like him for similar reasons when he was driving at Rosecroft. He is a bit cocky and too aggressive, seen it at Harrington also. He thinks he is all that and that comes from when he was driving Wagner horses.
Fact is..he caused this accident last night and should be held accountable and reprimanded for it. Horses following couldn't avoid his horse when he went down. Hopefully horses are all okay and drivers. It could have been much worse. So glad it wasn't. I'm just still surprised they continued racing. I expected to see them cancel considering 2 were helicoptered out to a trauma hospital. One thing for sure, Ocean Downs took care of the scary situation and people and EMS acted fast to help those injured. I'm still baffled as to how the announcer missed 3 guys being launched in the air. The replay shows it happening right behind the horse he was watching. I'm sure he feels bad about it. But he did stay calm and let everyone know who was involved after and what was going on.
Or it was just that... And ACCIDENT. Horses fall wrecks happens. Not always the drivers fault. Thoughts and prayers to all involved.
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I see an article on the USTA saying the same thing.
Except nobody proofread the USTA article because it incorrectly states Russell was taken to the hospital instead of Trae.
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Wow another moron. Horse wasn’t dangerous you moron. Trae porter pulled a Joe bongiorno. Horse was done and he was still pushing and pushing hand holds behind his back. Pushing and hitting. Finally horse went down and caused a wreck. If I got hurt because of a driver like this I’d smash his hands so bad he wouldn’t be driving anymore period
This is spot on. Exactly who he reminded me of. Horse clearly had enough and he kept rocking and slashing. I get he’s young and trying to make a name for himself. Trying to make the owner some money; but this was excessive.
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They should not take the replays of the accidents down. It's important for any driver or owner or trainer to see what happened to them or their horse in a race. Also, others can learn from the mistakes made in that race so future accidents can be avoided.
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They should not take the replays of the accidents down. It's important for any driver or owner or trainer to see what happened to them or their horse in a race. Also, others can learn from the mistakes made in that race so future accidents can be avoided.
I strongly agree with this post! tmbz1
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What was the actual cause of this?
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Hope everyone is starting to heal