Four horse have died during the past week at Churchill Downs, casting an unwanted spotlight ahead of the 149th Kentucky Derby scheduled for Saturday.
, four horses have died at the iconic track since last week. It most certainly will cast an unwelcome and tragic shadow over the world’s most famous race.
It would have been the first Kentucky Derby start for trainer Joel Marr. The horse would have been ridden by Ken Tohill, who at 60 would have been the oldest jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby. Parents Pride, a, 4-year-old filly also trained by Joseph and owned by Ramsey, was pulled up in the stretch Saturday and collapsed and died on the track.Horse Racing Nation
On Wednesday, That Khenny, a 5-year-old gelding trained by Genaro Garcia, was pulled up around the turn in the third race and was vanned off. In the fifth race, Loot The Moon, a 5-year-old horse, was pulled up in mid-stretch and also vanned off. There was no immediate report on either horse’s condition.“While a series of events like this is highly unusual, it is completely unacceptable,” the statement read.
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