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'Something is drastically wrong': After 21 horses die, Santa Anita Park shuts down racingPrev TopicNext Topic
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Tragically SA horses has been dying at the rate of one a day :-(
They have checked & cleared outside track conditions
Isn't it time to check into insider cause?
Pr-Player & FairGame Advocatus
Eddessa_Knight with Light
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Santa Anita to finally reopen March 29th
After 22 horses during training or racing since the current meeting began on Dec 26th
Santa Anita seeks to phase in the suspect culprit Lasix and banned which is a therapeutic diuretic that reduces the risk of pulmonary bleeding in horses.....
C U In the winner's circle soon
Pro-Player & FairGame Advocatus
Eddessa_Knight with wife to wire Light
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Death Track ???
Horse death toll hits 23 at Santa Anita two days after racetrack's reopening
Santa Anita had reopened Friday after closing from its four-day-a-week racing schedule as track operators tried to figure out what was causing the deaths. Despite extensive testing of the dirt course, no known cause was found for the increase in breakdowns, although there was speculation that excessive rain might have played a role.
Pro-Player & FairGame Advacatus
Eddessa_Knight
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OK back on SA Track and away they go
Roadster beats Game Winner to win Santa Anita Derby
CU in the Winner's Circle
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Roadster (1), with Mike Smith aboard, overpowers Game Winner, inside, with Joel Rosario aboard, to win the Grade I, $1,000,000 Santa Anita Derby horse race Saturday, April 6, 2019, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (Benoit Photo via AP)ARCADIA, Calif. -- At the eighth-pole, Bob Baffert knew he was going to win his record ninth Santa Anita Derby.
The only suspense was with which horse.
Roadster defeated Game Winner by a half-length in the $1 million race on Saturday, giving Baffert a 1-2 finish and the possibility of three horses in the Kentucky Derby.
His other standout, Improbable, is set to run in the Arkansas Derby next weekend.
All 11 races went off without incident at the historic track where 23 horses have died since Dec. 26. Sign-toting protesters gathered outside the gates urging the end of racing; inside, the crowd of 30,713 cheered as Roadster, Game Winner and Instagrand charged down the stretch.
''It was so comforting to see all these fans here and get behind us,'' Baffert said in the winner's circle. ''They know at the end of the day we love our horses. We wake up worrying about them. We go to sleep worrying about them. To me, that's what made this a great day.''
It was the smallest Derby attendance since 2016, when 27,821 came out on a rainy day.
Ridden by Mike Smith, Roadster ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:51.28. It was the slowest winning time since Sir William was clocked in 1:49.40 in 1957.
''This track is deep and slow, but it's safe, and that's what we wanted,'' Baffert said.
Roadster, a 3-year-old gray colt, needed to finish first or second to earn enough qualifying points for the 20-horse field for next month's Kentucky Derby. He received 100 points for the win and is fourth on the Derby leaderboard.
''I'm proud of him for coming from off the pace like that,'' said winning owner Peter Fluor of Speedway Stable LCC. ''Mike said he's got gears and he showed it.''
Roadster underwent throat surgery last summer. He won his first race back on March 1.
''His breathing is not an issue,'' Baffert said. ''Today he passed the test to know he's good enough to go to the big show.''
Roadster paid $8.20, $3 and $2.40 at 3-1 odds. Game Winner returned $2.40 and $2.10 as the 1-2 wagering favorite. The Baffert exacta was worth $7.
Game Winner picked up 40 points and is seventh on the Derby leaderboard with 85.
Instagrand paid $2.60 to show. He earned 20 points and is 27th on the leaderboard with 25.
Nolo Conesto was fourth, followed by Synthesis and More Ice.
Improbable is 27th on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard with 25 points, but a win next Saturday in Arkansas would vault him into the field.
That would give Baffert a trio in the Derby for the third time. He also saddled three in 2006 and 1999, but didn't win either time.
Baffert's luck ran out in the $600,000 Santa Anita Handicap for older horses.
Gift Box nosed out McKinzie in a photo finish for the Grade 1 race.
In other Derby preps:
-Vekoma won the $1 million Blue Grass Stakes by 3+ lengths at Keeneland.
Ridden by Javier Castellano, Vekoma ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.93 and paid $4.80, $3.20 and $2.60 as the 7-5 favorite. The colt earned 100 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby and is second overall on the leaderboard with 110.
Win Win Win returned $4 and $3.20. Signalman paid $3.60 to show.
Vekoma and Win Win Win are likely assured spots in the 20-horse Derby field. They would be just the second Derby starters for trainers George Weaver and Mike Trombetta, respectively.
A 4-year-old filly named Cathedral Reader was euthanized after sustaining a catastrophic injury in the Grade 1 Madison Stakes at the Kentucky track.
-Tacitus won the $750,000 Wood Memorial by 1\\ lengths at Aqueduct.
Ridden by Jose Ortiz, Tacitus ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:51.23. The 5-2 wagering favorite paid $7.20, $4.70 and $3.
Tacitus rallied from 10 lengths back to win the Tampa Bay Derby last month in his 3-year-old debut. He has won three of four career starts, including three in a row for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. The colt is a son of 2004 Wood Memorial winner Tapit.
Tacitus earned 100 points for the victory and moved to the top of the Kentucky Derby leaderboard with 150 overall.
Tax was second and Haikal took third.
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Accurate projection, Stack, and sadly many have unseen allergies which are under reported and affect performances and many race results daily......
All Equestrian aficionados, check it out-
~EK
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Filly dies on track at Pimlico the day before Preakness :-(
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Jockey Trevor McCarthy, left, looks on as track officials tend to his ride Congrats Gal after the horse collapsed after the eighth horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Friday, May 17, 2019, in Baltimore.
A filly collapsed and died while running at Pimlico Race Course on Friday, the day before the track hosts the second leg of the Triple Crown.
Congrats Gal faltered in the upper stretch of the Miss Preakness Stakes in 83-degree heat and was eased to the finish line.
The Florida-bred 3-year-old was running her sixth career race. She came in last in the eighth race on the card and fell to the dirt about 100 yards past the finish line.
Clearly distraught, Congrats Gal jockey Trevor McCarthy said the filly felt hot walking on the track before the race. As a medical team rushed to the scene, McCarthy said, ''She's clearly sound. Nothing's broken or anything like that.''
After being treated on the scene, Congrats Gal was taken from the track by ambulance.
The Stronach Group, which owns Pimlico, and the Maryland Jockey Club confirmed the death in a statement: ''Commission veterinarians attended to the horse immediately. A full necropsy will be performed to try to determine the cause of death.''
The death marred one of the two biggest days of the year at aging Pimlico, where a sizable crowd gathered for Black-Eyed Susan Day.
Covfefe won the eight-horse race for 3-year-old fillies. Owned by Charles Biggs, Congrats Gal was sired by A.P. Indy. She had a 3-1-1 record going into the race with winnings of $134,740.
The Preakness on Saturday will be run without the Kentucky Derby winner for the first time since 1996, ending any prospects for a Triple Crown. In that race, a tight crowd of horses near the finish line on a muddy track could have led to a disastrous collision.
When Maximum Security drifted to his right in the final turn, his back legs almost became entangled with those of War of Will behind him. The foul caused Maximum Security to be the first Kentucky Derby winner to be disqualified for interference in the 145-year history of the race.
''It would've been catastrophic had he fell,'' War of Will trainer Mark Casse said. ''What didn't happen was the most important thing of all for people's lives, for our sport and for everything.''
It's been a difficult year for horse racing - and 149-year-old Pimlico, which has deteriorated to the point where the Stronach Group has advocated moving the Preakness to nearby Laurel Park.
In addition, the safety of the horses has come into focus. There have been 23 horse deaths at Santa Anita Park in California over a span of three months.
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