Rhythmical, says the CHRB, perished at Santa Anita Saturday, no details yet. She was two years old and had been raced three times, most recently in September. She becomes the 19th kill at this prestigious track this year, and 87th (that we know about) in Cal as a whole. But it’s getting safer, folks…
The replay of the 6th at Mahoning Monday. 5-year-old One Ten, according to the chart, “suffered an injury falling on the clubhouse turn and was vanned off” – a combination that almost always means death (we’ll know for sure soon enough).
And finally, a jockey injured when her horse fell at Woodbine Friday has garnered widespread coverage in the racing press. And how about the horse, you ask. Well, if you were reading the Thoroughbred Daily News, you would have had to go to the chart for that answer, for Bill Finley, the writer, didn’t think it important to name him, only relaying this quote from the jockey’s wife (who also refused to identify): “Her mount in the second race on Friday appeared to have a cardiac event.” The “mount” in question who suffered that “cardiac event” was 4-year-old Ready Shakespeare, and yes, he is dead. Vile.
