Through a FOIA request to the New Mexico Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state\u2019s tracks thus far this year.<\/p>\n
Royal Heroo, May 2, Sunray R
\u201cHorse was hit with force on each side by [other] horses: ruptured suspensory, fractured sesamoid.\u201d Royal had just turned two, and this was her very first race.<\/p>\n
J R Bordeaux, May 18, Sunray R
\u201cHorse went down, rolled three times: compound fracture \u2013 visible break; external bleeding.\u201d J R was nine, and this was his 41st time under the whip.<\/p>\n
Speak Easy (sic), Jun 19, Ruidoso S
\u201cDead of colic in stall.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lethal Fast Man, Jun 20, Ruidoso R
\u201cFractured sesamoid.\u201d Lethal was five.<\/p>\n
El Cruz de Marzo, Jun 20, Ruidoso R (same race as above)
\u201cFractured fetlock.\u201d El Cruz was four.<\/p>\n
Famous King, Jun 20, Ruidoso R (same race as two horses above)
\u201cBroke both front legs.\u201d Again, that\u2019s both front legs. Famous was five.<\/p>\n
Bp Catching Cowgirls, Jun 27, Ruidoso R
\u201cFractured knee.\u201d Bp was two.<\/p>\n
One Famous Moonlight, Jun 27, Ruidoso R
\u201cFell: lumbar fracture.\u201d One Famous was two.<\/p>\n
Candys Cause, Jun 29, Ruidoso R
\u201cVanned off to test barn, [then] dropped and died.\u201d Candys was three.<\/p>\n
Flying Habit 123, Jul 5, Ruidoso S
\u201cColic, died.\u201d Flying was two and had been raced Jun 27.<\/p>\n
Shaykin, Jul 6, Ruidoso R
\u201cBled [pulmonary hemorrhage], died in ambulance.\u201d Shaykin was two.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the following were indicated as \u201cNot Fatal\u201d in the documents. Still\u2026<\/p>\n
Truckin, Jan 3, Sunland R \u2013 \u201cpulmonary hemorrhage\u201d
Mr Buttercup, Jan 11, Sunland R \u2013 \u201cpulmonary hemorrhage\u201d
Mr Buttercup (yes, back-to-back races), Feb 1, Sunland R \u2013 \u201cpulmonary hemorrhage\u201d
Kingpin, Feb 1, Sunland R \u2013 \u201cbilateral epistaxis\u201d (bled from both nostrils)
Walk On Whiskey, Feb 7, Sunland R \u2013 \u201cbilateral epistaxis\u201d (bled from both nostrils)
Jamm Packed, Feb 8, Sunland R \u2013 \u201cpulmonary hemorrhage\u201d
Courtier, Feb 15, Sunland R \u2013 \u201cpulmonary hemorrhage\u201d
Sofi, Feb 22, Sunland R \u2013 \u201cpulmonary hemorrhage\u201d
Tempting Chad, Mar 9, Sunland R \u2013 \u201cbilateral epistaxis\u201d (bled from both nostrils)
The Diesel Train, Mar 16, Sunland R \u2013 \u201cbilateral epistaxis\u201d (bled from both nostrils)
Coronita Chiller, Mar 29, Sunland R \u2013 \u201cbilateral epistaxis\u201d (bled from both nostrils)
Billions, Apr 5, Sunland R \u2013 \u201cbilateral epistaxis\u201d (bled from both nostrils)
Whirlaway Twister, Jun 20, Ruidoso T \u2013 \u201cbleeder\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Through a FOIA request to the New Mexico Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-364608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115072385861793083","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}