In Memoriam 2022

Mylute · Sun Jul 03, 2022 10:15 pm

G3P Life is Great (Tapiture) died while recovering from a surgery at Belmont Park on May 24, 2022.

Mylute · Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:14 pm

Vindatude, a winner by Mshawish.
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... ning-track

ThreeMustangs · Mon Jul 04, 2022 2:52 pm

Hank Goldberg. He was 82.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/be ... e-2602454/

genuinerizk · Wed Jul 13, 2022 7:50 am

Horrific drowning death being reported on local TV stations. Apparently Alfred Hanover, a 2 yo pacer, was being unhooked from the racing bike after race 2 Monday night at Northfield Park. He spooked, ran into the infield pond and drowned. This is the second time in a year this has happened at Northfield Park, but luckily the other horse was able to be saved. According to an article, this is the 3rd incident like this in 3 years here in Ohio.
Horrible and scary all the way around.

BaroqueAgain1 · Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:19 pm

Was he still harnessed to the bike? Horses can normally swim, but being entangled in the harness and the bike shafts could have kept the horse from saving itself.
Horrible.

genuinerizk · Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:06 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 13, 2022 3:19 pm Was he still harnessed to the bike? Horses can normally swim, but being entangled in the harness and the bike shafts could have kept the horse from saving itself.
Horrible.

Not sure- most of what I’ve read or heard has been vague. He was a pacer, so like you mentioned, he probably had hopples and a lot of other gear on him still.

brunanas · Wed Jul 13, 2022 7:11 pm

per an article on BloodHorse, Firenze Fire's dam, My Every Wish, died "about four weeks ago" from foaling complications.

Yet at the same time there might be tears as Lombardi remembers what will always link both horses. Each was a son of the Langfuhr mare My Every Wish, who passed away about four weeks ago due to complications after delivering a daughter by Honest Mischief named Blakely's Wish.

Mylute · Thu Jul 14, 2022 8:47 am

Seattle Moon (Tormount × Moon Thistle, by Malibu Moon) died July 10 at Sekrekov Stud in Russia due to an apparent heart attack. He was 13.

Seattle Moon was undefeated in four starts and won the First Crown Cup (G2 - RUS). His dam Moon Thistle was bred in the United States but won both the Russian Oaks AND Derby in 2004, and was named a champion. Moon Thistle has produced several stakes-quality horses.

Seattle Moon had a high percentage of stakes horses from runners himself - 80%. His best foal is Solidad - a 3x G1 winning filly.

This is the same stud farm that had Scatter the Gold pass away recently. They have to be devastated.

SukiSatsuki · Fri Jul 15, 2022 1:50 pm

Kitten's Joy no details

brunanas · Fri Jul 15, 2022 6:03 pm

don't really know where to post this but what's going on with the recent spamming? has happened like 3x this week already

BaroqueAgain1 · Fri Jul 15, 2022 6:07 pm

It's really bad today, with multiplying posts in all our sections. I've Messaged Kurenai again, and I know she will do housekeeping eventually.

aethervox · Fri Jul 15, 2022 8:42 pm

SukiSatsuki wrote: ↑Fri Jul 15, 2022 1:50 pm Kitten's Joy no details

Died in his paddock of a presumed heart attack. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... dies-at-21

RugbyGirl · Sun Jul 17, 2022 6:23 am

In Australia 9yo stallion Spieth has passed away. His oldest progeny are 2yos.
https://www.breednet.com.au/news/18321/vale,-spieth

Nenikikamen23 · Mon Jul 18, 2022 12:18 am

G1W Pleasant Home (Seeking the Gold - Our Country Place by Pleasant Colony), winner of the 2005 BC Distaff, died while in foal to Justify earlier this year.

At brood, she produced G1P Pleasant Orb and MLSP Hereditary. She was also the 2nd dam of 3xG1W Guarana, G2P Magic Dance, MG3P Tale of S'avall, LSP High Tech, LSP Power Move, and LSP Pleasant Tales.

https://twitter.com/kaitlinefree/status ... 4433064965

JohannaSwe · Sun Jul 24, 2022 3:19 pm

Tommy Gustafsson, Champion trainer in Sweden passed away today. Stopped training in 2018, he is one of few who have worked at all three Stockholm tracks (Ulriksdal, Täby and Bro).

brunanas · Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:08 pm

Rapacious (Into Mischief - Princess La Quinta) broke his back upon falling after rearing up at Los Alamitos today.

Ziggypop · Wed Jul 27, 2022 9:17 am

brunanas wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:08 pm Rapacious (Into Mischief - Princess La Quinta) broke down training at Los Alamitos today. $400k purchase trained by Bob Baffert.

That’s like the 9th or 10th horse at Los Alamitos this year. Wonder what’s going on with that track?

CoronadosQuest · Wed Jul 27, 2022 9:45 am

brunanas wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:08 pm Rapacious (Into Mischief - Princess La Quinta) broke down training at Los Alamitos today. $400k purchase trained by Bob Baffert.

He didn't break down on the track. He reared up on the way back to the barn, fell over and broke his back

BaroqueAgain1 · Wed Jul 27, 2022 1:51 pm

It's heartbreaking when a horse acts up and fatally injures itself. It wasn't the fault of the track - it was just a 2yo being a green and fractious 2yo.
If you cocooned them in bubble wrap, they could still find a way to hurt themselves.

ThreeMustangs · Wed Jul 27, 2022 2:11 pm

The wackos on Reddit are still blaming Baffert. I am most emphatically not a Baffert supporter, but I posted that this kind of accident could have happened to any trainer. Typical response:

“Baffert horses more fragile than most. How many excuses can we make for the guy?”

More worried about blaming Baffert than mourning a 2yo who died much too young.