This for Mim at Belmont yesterday, in the words of the Gaming Commission: “Horse collapsed while galloping during training and died on the track – cardiac event.” She was only four years old, an equine adolescent. “Cardiac event.” By the way, Mim finished dead last in five of her final six races. Perhaps she was trying to tell her exploiters – owner Edward Messina, trainer James Ferraro – something?
Also, the Commission has updated on Secret Money, who was “vanned off” after “winning” a race at Aqueduct Saturday: “Horse experienced biaxial [multiple] sesamoid fractures, transported for further evaluation, euthanized [next day].” Secret, too, was four.
And finally, the CHRB has announced that five more horses from Heath Taylor’s barn at Los Alamitos were euthanized yesterday for “equine infectious anemia,” bringing the total killed there to 12. The most recent victims:
3-year-old Devastating
2-year-old Chaddock
2-year-old Favorite Fire V
2-year-old Heart of Gold V
2-year-old Superfli
Those poor babies. And yes, they count. If not for horseracing, they would not have been at that place, at that time. (An additional six Taylor horses were euthanized for the same thing Oct 2 in Texas.) So, the list I posted last night has already changed.
