Horse Racing Forum - USA Thoroughbred Races

Unfortunately the first day of the new year in New Zealand was marred by the breakdown of fan favourite Gold Watch in his first attempt at a stakes race. The horse had 6 wins from 7 starts and was the only horse in training for 90 year old trainer Cliff Goss.

Stewards report (released as always a few hours after the final race) states the horse ambulance was deployed but it was decided it was kinder to humanely euthanise him as it was a compund fracture to his right pastern.

https://www.racingnews.co.nz/mali-ston- ... hill-mile/

This is a tough one: the KY Horse Park has announced that Da Hoss passed on Jan 2. He was 30.

ThreeMustangs wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 11:02 am This is a tough one: the KY Horse Park has announced that Da Hoss passed on Jan 2. He was 30.

Hate starting off the year losing da hoss. He was super playful when I met him

Pin Oak Farm's Josephine Abercrombie has passed. She was 95.

2018 Japanese Derby winner Wagnerian died of organ failure. He ran last in the 2021 Japan Cup last out.
https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/j ... rian-dead/

Flanders wrote: ↑Fri Jan 07, 2022 3:45 am 2018 Japanese Derby winner Wagnerian died of organ failure. He ran last in the 2021 Japan Cup last out.
https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/j ... rian-dead/

R.I.P. Wagnerian.
He gave jockey Yuichi Fukunaga his first Derby win, too.

-- replay of the 2018 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjccUCu-xEk

Obsessed. RIP

R.I.P. Snowfall(JPN)

https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/ ... ien/531490

That horrible news hit me hard when I first opened one of my racing sites this morning.
Such a tremendous racehorse...and her pedigree can never be reproduced now.
This has to be a hard thing for the Coolmore staff to deal with - to first lose Santa Barbara to a pelvic injury, and now Snowfall to the same sort of injury is the cruelest of coincidences.

The closest they could get to replicating Snowfall is a son of Deep Impact, or by throwing a bone to Black Tide.

Frost Giant

TapitsGal wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 6:04 pmFrost Giant

https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/g ... iant-dies/

wish they'd used a better pic, the weird chain placement bugs me. not as much as the headline breaks my heart tho.

Essayons (Deputy Minister x Strategic Maneuver, by Cryptoclearance) died in Uruguay at age 23 this week. The article makes it sound like he was a decent sire there.
https://www.turfdiario.com/murio-en-uru ... por-mayor/

Mylute wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 9:45 pm Essayons (Deputy Minister x Strategic Maneuver, by Cryptoclearance) died in Uruguay at age 23 this week. The article makes it sound like he was a decent sire there.
https://www.turfdiario.com/murio-en-uru ... por-mayor/

Sad. I really liked his mom, I'll always remember this Barbara Livingston photo of her. Glad I could find it, the looks on the guys' faces at the picnic table is perfect.
https://twitter.com/drflivingston/statu ... 8769765376

Kazuko Yoshida, spouse of Zenya Yoshida and mother of Teruya, Katsumi and Haruya Yoshida, passed away today at the age of 100.
She owned such G1 winners as Vega(JPN), Fabulous La Fouine(FR) and Kiss to Heaven(JPN).

Rymska no cause of death stated

Danniwolfe wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 3:41 pm Rymska no cause of death stated

She died last year. She is in the 2021 thread.

Popcorn Deelites

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Old ... 8hNApdjJx0

Vero Amore (by Mineshaft), the dam of Breeders' Cup winner Vequist, has died from colic complications. She was carrying a full sibling to Vequist. As a racehorse, the mare won twice and was GSP. She was 11.
https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/b ... oal/533437

Seeking the Silver (by Grindstone), the dam of Grade I winners Paulassilverlining and Dads Caps, died recently at Hidden Brook Farm. She has combined progeny earnings of over 3.8 million. STS is the granddam of a few stakes horses as well. She was 22.
https://www.facebook.com/hiddenbrookfar ... 462689781/

G3SW Miss Fortunate (Deputy Minister - Fantastic Ways, by Secretariat) died on January 20th. She hadn't been bred since she produced her last foal in 2014 and was clearly adored by her connections. This post is by a former worker at Summer Wind, whom she was owned by. Jane Lyon also commented and said how everyone loved the mare.

https://www.facebook.com/karen.bailey.3 ... 4094489437