This is a sortable list of race horse deaths during 2024 in the UK, USA, Ireland, Australia, Dubai, Canada, Hong Kong and Japan. Retired racehorse deaths are not included in this list.
| This is a list that may never be finalised as it is a compilation of items or information for which the complete content may never be known and may only be updated periodically. |
Known racehorse deaths 2024 by date
Name
|
Date
|
Age
|
Location of death
|
Country
|
Rider
|
Trainer
|
Owner
|
Reported cause of death
|
Refs
|
Pikar
|
Apr 12
|
7
|
Aintree
|
UK
|
|
|
|
|
[1]
|
Moonlit Night
|
Apr 12
|
|
Cal-Expo Racetrack
|
USA
|
|
Castillo,Jose H
|
|
|
[2]
|
Giovinco
|
Apr 12
|
7
|
Aintree
|
UK
|
|
|
|
|
[1]
|
Dardick Vic
|
Apr 5
|
|
Cal-Expo Racetrack
|
USA
|
|
|
|
Musculoskeletal
|
[3]
|
Buffalo Run
|
Apr 5
|
|
Santa Anita Park
|
USA
|
|
Lewis,Craig A
|
|
Musculoskeletal
|
[3]
|
Tintookie
|
Mar 23
|
4
|
NSW?
|
Australia
|
Kerrin McEvoy
|
|
|
euthanised
|
[4]
|
Stroke of Vangogh
|
Mar 20
|
|
Golden Gate Fields
|
USA
|
|
Bonde,Jeffrey L
|
|
Musculoskeletal
|
[3]
|
PONY-Derby War
|
Mar 18
|
|
Santa Anita Park
|
USA
|
|
Gomez,Ruben M
|
|
|
[2]
|
Matanzas Creek
|
Mar 16
|
|
Matanzas Creek
|
USA
|
|
Yakteen,Haitham I
|
|
|
[5][3]
|
Americas Favorite
|
Mar 13
|
|
Los Alamitos
|
USA
|
|
Farias,Adan
|
|
Musculoskeletal
|
[3]
|
Highland Hunter
|
Mar 12
|
|
Cheltenham
|
UK
|
|
|
|
Heart attack
|
[6]
|
Sir Atticus
|
Mar 5
|
|
Santa Anita Park
|
USA
|
|
Shirreffs,John A
|
|
Musculoskeletal
|
[3]
|
You Be Gator Bait
|
Mar 3
|
|
Fonner Park
|
USA
|
|
|
|
euthanized
|
[7]
|
J Ps Harley Glider
|
Mar 3
|
|
Fonner Park
|
USA
|
Bryan McNeil
|
|
|
euthanized
|
[7]
|
Dial Uncle Joey
|
Mar 3
|
|
Fonner Park
|
USA
|
Ricardo Martinez
|
|
|
broken neck
|
[7]
|
Congruent
|
Mar 2
|
|
Gulfstream
|
USA
|
|
|
|
euthanized
|
[8]
|
Honest Coop
|
Mar 1
|
2
|
San Luis Rey
|
USA
|
|
|
|
|
[8]
|
Yo Baby
|
Mar 1
|
|
Golden Gate Fields
|
USA
|
|
Rondan,Felix D
|
|
Musculoskeletal
|
[3]
|
Pure Nonsense
|
Mar 1
|
|
Charles Town
|
USA
|
|
|
|
euthanized - injured
|
[8]
|
Honest Coop
|
Mar 1
|
|
San Luis Rey Downs
|
USA
|
|
Headley,Gustav C
|
|
Cardiac
|
[2]
|
Little Toro
|
Feb 29
|
|
Monticello
|
USA
|
|
|
|
euthanized - injured
|
[9]
|
Pour Dompter
|
Feb 29
|
3
|
Los Alamitos
|
USA
|
|
D'amato,Philip J
|
|
"non-musculoskeletal"
|
[8]
|
Emperor’s Gold
|
Feb 28
|
|
Mahoning
|
USA
|
|
|
|
pulled up, vanned off, went down in its stall
|
[9]
|
Arya Charming
|
Feb 28
|
3
|
Charles Town
|
USA
|
|
|
|
euthanized
|
[10]
|
Candy Island
|
Feb 24
|
|
Mahoning
|
USA
|
|
|
|
broke down mid-stretch
|
[9]
|
Dereka’s Bluff
|
Feb 24
|
|
Charles Town
|
USA
|
|
Lyn Dee Venham
|
Gary W. Carter
|
fatally injured
|
[9]
|
Imma Tank
|
Feb 22
|
|
Cal-Expo Racetrack
|
USA
|
|
Cisneros,Emilio O
|
|
Musculoskeletal
|
[3]
|
Doc KW
|
Feb 21
|
|
Tioga
|
USA
|
|
|
|
euthanized
|
[9]
|
Scarlet Tanager
|
Feb 21
|
|
Charles Town
|
USA
|
|
Toschia R. Spriggs
|
Toschia R. Spriggs
|
euthanized - injured
|
[11][9]
|
Music Melody
|
Feb 20
|
2
|
Belmont
|
USA
|
|
|
|
Colic
|
[12]
|
Big Switch
|
Feb 18
|
|
Santa Anita Park
|
USA
|
|
Sadler,John W
|
|
Musculoskeletal
|
[3]
|
Claddagh Cure
|
Feb 16
|
|
Santa Anita Park
|
USA
|
|
Harty,Eoin G
|
|
Gastrointestinal
|
[2][12]
|
Vallelujah
|
Feb 9
|
4
|
Belmont
|
USA
|
|
|
|
Found dead
|
[9]
|
Adventuresome
|
Feb 4
|
|
San Luis Rey Downs
|
USA
|
|
Miller,Peter L
|
|
Musculoskeletal - Fetlock
|
[3]
|
Exceed Speed Limit
|
Feb 4
|
|
San Luis Rey Downs
|
USA
|
|
Mccarthy,Michael W
|
|
Sudden Death
|
[2]
|
Cute Curls
|
Feb 3
|
3
|
Belmont
|
USA
|
|
|
|
euthanized
|
[9]
|
Holmes St Georges
|
Feb 3
|
|
Musselburgh
|
UK
|
Ben Bromley
|
S R B Crawford
|
|
euthanized
|
[13]
|
Hermes Allen
|
Feb 3
|
|
Sandown
|
UK
|
Harry Cobden
|
Paul Nicholls
|
|
Broken neck
|
[14]
|
Coco Kolada
|
Feb 2
|
|
Catterick
|
UK
|
Danny Gilligan
|
Karl Thornton
|
|
euthanized
|
[15]
|
Rolling River
|
Feb 2
|
|
Catterick
|
UK
|
James Davies
|
Oliver Signy
|
Oliver Signy Racing Club
|
euthanized - fatally injured
|
[16]
|
Zettabyte
|
Feb 2
|
7
|
Southwell
|
UK
|
Brendan Powell
|
Henrietta C Knight
|
|
euthanized
|
[17]
|
Lucky Royal Flash
|
Feb 1
|
|
Charles Town
|
USA
|
|
|
|
euthanized - injured
|
[9]
|
Yes She Can
|
Feb 1
|
|
Belmont
|
USA
|
|
|
|
found dead in stall after being treated for non-healing wound
|
[9]
|
Matewan
|
Jan 29
|
6
|
Plumpton
|
UK
|
Harry Reed
|
Jim & Suzi Best
|
If Only Partnership
|
euthanized
|
[18]
|
Luxury Brand
|
Jan 27
|
|
Los Alamitos
|
USA
|
|
Arrossa,Monty J
|
|
Musculoskeletal - Metacarpal
|
[3]
|
O B's
|
Jan 27
|
|
Golden Gate Fields
|
USA
|
|
Mclean,William A
|
|
Musculoskeletal
|
[3]
|
I Win Again
|
Jan 26
|
|
Santa Anita Park
|
USA
|
|
Brinkerhoff,Val
|
|
Musculoskeletal
|
[3]
|
Maverick Rose
|
Jan 26
|
|
Golden Gate Fields
|
USA
|
|
Stortz,Marcia L
|
|
|
[2]
|
Fast Clip
|
Jan 25
|
|
Mahoning
|
USA
|
|
|
|
catastrophic injury
|
[9]
|
Bentworth
|
Jan 24
|
|
Los Alamitos
|
USA
|
|
Taylor,Heath M
|
|
Musculoskeletal - Gastrocnemius
|
[3]
|
All About Fly
|
Jan 20
|
|
Los Alamitos
|
USA
|
|
Gomez,Jaime H
|
|
Anaphylaxis
|
[2]
|
Truest of True
|
Jan 18
|
|
Santa Anita Park
|
USA
|
|
Knapp,Steve R
|
|
Musculoskeletal - Metacarpal
|
[3]
|
Spotlight Rainbow
|
Jan 15
|
|
Golden Gate Fields
|
USA
|
|
Sherman,Steve M
|
|
Gastrointestinal
|
[2]
|
Here Comes The Man
|
Jan 13
|
|
Wetherby
|
UK
|
Craig Nichol
|
Rose Dobbin
|
|
Fatally injured
|
[19]
|
Tuna N Stamps
|
Jan 13
|
|
Laurel
|
USA
|
|
|
|
euthanized - fell
|
[9]
|
Diamond Collector
|
Jan 11
|
|
Aqueduct
|
USA
|
|
|
|
euthanized - injured
|
[9]
|
Popcorn Magic
|
Jan 10
|
|
Kempton
|
UK
|
David Probert
|
Andrew Balding
|
|
Pulled up after 3f, fatally injured
|
[20]
|
Despite Odds
|
Jan 9
|
|
Laurel
|
USA
|
|
|
|
Heart attack
|
[9]
|
Constitutionlawyer
|
Jan 8
|
5
|
Belmont
|
USA
|
|
|
|
was broadsided, became progressively weaker, died
|
[9][21]
|
Where’s Chris
|
Jan 8
|
3
|
Belmont
|
USA
|
|
Richard Dutrow Jr.
|
|
euthanized - broadsided another horse, staggered and fell, euthanized on track
|
[9][21]
|
Two Emmys
|
Jan 7
|
|
Fair Grounds
|
USA
|
|
|
|
fell near finish line after breaking his leg
|
[9]
|
Neolithic Nation
|
Jan 4
|
3 / 4?
|
Turfway
|
USA
|
|
Paul D. Lepiane
|
MPB Stables
|
collapsed, agonal and unresponsive
|
[9]
|
Bound to Bet
|
Jan 2
|
6
|
Los Alamitos
|
USA
|
|
Perez,Sergio S
|
|
Musculoskeletal Sesamoid
|
[22][3]
|
Strat Mo Matic
|
Jan 2
|
3
|
Belmont
|
USA
|
|
Edward R. Barker
|
Kenneth Abeles, Danny J. Chen, Edward R. Barker, Campbell Road Stables
|
Euthanised - fractured both sesamoids in his right front leg
|
[9]
|
River City Rocker
|
Jan 2
|
|
Parx
|
USA
|
|
|
|
injured herself in the starting gate
|
[9]
|
Hop On And Ride
|
Jan 2
|
|
Los Alamitos
|
USA
|
|
Nunez,Jesus O
|
|
Musculoskeletal Sesamoid
|
[3]
|
Derby Prospect
|
Jan 1
|
|
Santa Anita Park
|
USA
|
|
Gomez,Ruben M
|
|
Sudden Death
|
[2]
|
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