Racehorse deaths 2023
This is a list of horse racing deaths in 2023 in the UK, USA, Ireland, Australia, Dubai, Canada, Hong Kong and Japan. Retired racehorse deaths are not included in this list. See: Totals by country.
Known racehorse deaths 2023 by date
Name | Date | Age | Location of death | Country | Rider | Trainer | Owner | Reported cause of death | Ref |
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Chili Is Hot | Jan 1 | 5 | Ascot | Australia | Joseph Azzopardi | Graeme Ballantyne | Euthanised - injured / clipped the heels of another horse | [1][2] | |
In My Heart | Jan 1 | Los Alamito | USA | Ramon Sanchez | Juan G. Aleman | Musculoskeletal [Notes 1] | [3] | ||
Spartak | Jan 3 | Parx | Euthanised | [3] | |||||
Captain Delightful | Jan 4 | Meadows | Found dead | [3] | |||||
A Little Bit | Jan 4 | 2 | Parx | Euthanised | [3] | ||||
Last Gifted Eagle | Jan 5 | Turf | USA | Martin Osuna | Edwin A. Martinez | Musculoskeletal [Notes 1] | [3] | ||
El Tigre Terrible | Jan 6 | 5 | Oaklawn | USA | Found dead | [3] | |||
Dont Tell David | Jan 6 | 6 | Ludlow | UK | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies | Euthanised - fell / injured | [4] | |
Ma Coco | Jan 6 | 5 | Tampa Bay | USA | Walter H Woodard | Euthanised - pulled up in distress | [3] | ||
First Illusion | Jan 7 | 7 | Newcastle | UK | Ross Chapman | Stuart Coltherd | Euthanised - pulled up / injured | [4] | |
Firing Carol | Jan 7 | 5 | Aqueduct | USA | Ricardo E Legall | Euthanised - injured, vanned off | [3] | ||
Tap Union | Jan 7 | 3 | Golden Gate Fields | USA | Pablo Alejandro De Jesus | Colic | [3] | ||
Top Bandit | Jan 8 | Naas | Ireland | Jack Kennedy | Gordon Elliott | Fatally injured | [5] | ||
Bo Derek | Jan 8 | 3 | Gulfstream | USA | Todd A. Pletcher | Went wrong, fell | [3] | ||
Big Future | Jan 8 | Los Alamitos | USA | Musculoskeletal[Notes 1] | [3] | ||||
Alsalam | Jan 9 | Los Alamitos | USA | Musculoskeletal[Notes 1] | [3] | ||||
Ballyglass | Jan 10 | 6 | Doncaster | UK | James Bowen | Toby Lawes | Fatally injured - pulled up | [4] | |
Hard Timer | Jan 10 | 4 | Parx | USA | Sudden death | [3] | |||
Gentlemen’s Cry | Jan 11 | Oaklawn | USA | Comminuted fracture | |||||
Bloodstockshalltab | Jan 12 | Batavia | USA | Euthanised - horse took a bad step | [3] | ||||
Kat’s Hitman | Jan 12 | Turf | USA | [Multiple] fractures, tendon tear, hemorrhage | [3] | ||||
Time to Two Step | Jan 12 | Parx | USA | Euthanised - injured | [3] | ||||
The Cob | Jan 13 | 9 | Huntingdon | UK | Kielan Woods | Fatal fall | [4] | ||
Emma’s Dance | Jan 14 | Golden Gate Fields | USA | [3] | |||||
Goldbar | Jan 14 | Laurel | USA | Not disclosed | [3] | ||||
Sa Alors | Jan 16 | 7 | Hereford | UK | James Turner | David Bridgwater | Euthanised - fell / injured | [4] | |
The Perfect Crown | Jan 16 | 6 | Wolverhampton | UK | Hollie Doyle | Archie Watson | Euthanised - fell on bend - broke both front legs | [4][6] | |
Orbert | Jan 16 | 6 | Parx | USA | Sudden death | [3] | |||
Russian Cavalier | Jan 19 | Hawthorne | USA | Bowed tendon, suspensory collapse | [3] | ||||
Admiral Jack | Jan 20 | 3 | Newcastle (AW) | UK | Francis Norton | Charlie Johnston | Fatally injured - pulled up | [4] | |
Pop Pop Susi | Jan 20 | Penn | USA | Euthanised - went bad, vanned off | [3] | ||||
Press On | Jan 20 | Santa Anita | USA | Musculoskeletal[Notes 1] | [3] | ||||
Rail Hugger | Jan 22 | Turf | USA | Horse was found dead in its stall | [3] | ||||
Intranet | Jan 21 | 5 | Navan | Ireland | Euthanised - Injured After Jumping Hurdle | [5] | |||
Feeling Well | Jan 25 | Los Alamitos | USA | Musculoskeletal[Notes 1] | [3] | ||||
Drama Diva | Jan 25 | Turf | USA | Found dead in morning: multisystemic hemorrhage | [3] | ||||
Warrior’s Crown | Jan 25 | 2 | Parx | USA | Euthanised - injured | ||||
Graze Stone | Jan 25 | Turf | USA | Blunt-force trauma, brain hemorrhage | [3] | ||||
Rocked Up | Jan 27 | 7 | Doncaster | UK | A J ONeill | JJ ONeill | Euthanised - fell on bend - injured | [4] | |
Garth Road | Jan 27 | Aqueduct | USA | Euthanised - pulled up injured, vanned off | [3] | ||||
Aerator | Jan 27 | Turfway | USA | Euthanised - took bad step, in distress | [3] | ||||
Woodmere Skyroller | Jan 27 | 5 | Yonkers | USA | Died in stall 18 | [3] | |||
Actuator | Jan 28 | 3 | Santa Anita | USA | Sudden death | [3] | |||
This Famous Dream | Jan 28 | Turf | USA | Comminuted fractures, ligament rupture | [3] | ||||
Slow Down Summer | Jan 28 | Aqueduct | USA | Euthanised - in distress | [3] | ||||
Class Proof | Jan 28 | Turf | USA | Went wrong | [3] | ||||
Morningside | Jan 29 | 10 | Sedgefield | UK | Stephen Mulqueen | Sandy Forster | Fatal fall | [4] | |
Self Inflicted Sid | Jan 29 | 4 | Naas | Ireland | Fatal fall | [5] | |||
Franco d Aunou | Jan 30 | 8 | Hereford | UK | Charlie Deutsch | V Williams | Fatal fall | [4] | |
Molly Kaye | Jan 31 | Limerick | Ireland | [5] | |||||
Party Game | Feb 1 | Santa Anita | USA | Musculoskeletal[Notes 1] | [3] | ||||
Sick Pack Sara | Feb 1 | Penn | USA | Euthanized - inured | [3] | ||||
Torula | Feb 2 | 6 | Wincanton | UK | Luca Morgan | Ben Pauling | Died after race - collapsed | [4] | |
Hurrikane Mon Ami | Feb 4 | Yonkers | USA | Died in stable area (raced two days prior) | [3] | ||||
Golden Rachel | Feb 4 | 3 | Turf | USA | Alexis Valdes | Vann Belvoir | Spine fractures, cord severed” | [3] | |
Hemlock | Feb 4 | 6 | Musselburgh | UK | Darragh O Keeffe | Thomas Gibney | Euthanised - fell / injured | [4] | |
Thats A Given | Feb 5 | 9 | Musselburgh | UK | Bruce Lynn | NW Alexander | Fatal fall | [4] | |
Bullout | Feb 5 | Laurel | USA | Comminuted pastern fracture | [3] | ||||
Master Ruler | Feb 5 | Rillito | USA | Severe pleuropneumonia with abscesses (euthanised 12 Feb) | [3] | ||||
Maggie Barrett | Feb 5 | 7 | Musselburgh | UK | Patrick Wadge | B Ellison | Euthanised - fell / injured | [4] | |
Dollys Destination | Feb 5 | Leopardstown | Ireland | [5] | |||||
Auriferous | Feb 6 | 5 | Fontwell | UK | Jamie Moore | Gary Moore | Fatal fall - broken neck | [4] | |
Little Rikki | Feb 6 | Mahoning | USA | Fatal fall | [3] | ||||
Unnamed ('21 Chexcess?) | Feb 7 | San Luis Rey Downs | USA | Musculoskeletal[Notes 1] | [3] | ||||
Swamp Souffle | Feb 7 | 7 | Turf | USA | Aldo Arboleda | Jose Silva, Jr | Lame after race, severe laminitis, coffin bone rotation | [3] | |
Cerulean | Feb 8 | 4 | Santa Anita | USA | Sudden death | [3] | |||
Extreme Cacao | Feb 8 | Fairyhouse | Ireland | [5] | |||||
Mizhipzletus | Feb 8 | 4 | Turf | USA | Chad Lindsay | David Van Winkle | Sweating profusely, fever of 102, died several minutes later | [3] | |
Arcenos Adventure | Feb 10 | 5 | Bangor-On-Dee | UK | Charlie Todd | Sam Allwood | Fatal fall - broken neck | [4] | |
Celtic Cousen | Feb 10 | 3 | Laurel | USA | Multiple fractures | [3] | |||
Caramelito | Feb 10 | Turfway | USA | Euthanised - pulled up in distress | [3] | ||||
Stardayz | Feb 10 | Dundalk | Ireland | [5] | |||||
The Trend Continue | Feb 10 | 3 | Turf | USA | Trauma to head/brain | [3] | |||
Decorated My Life | Feb 11 | 3 | Santa Anita Park | USA | Euthanised - injured | [7][8] | |||
Sholo Star | Feb 11 | Naas | Ireland | [5] | |||||
Merit Song | Feb 11 | 3 | Santa Anita Park | USA | Euthanised - injured | [7][8] | |||
Merci Road | Feb 11 | Charles Town | USA | Fell with a fatal injury | [3] | ||||
Mia Casa | Feb 13 | Los Alamitos | USA | Accident | [3] | ||||
Pappy Wolfe | Feb 13 | 2 | Oaklawn | USA | Multiple fractures | [3] | |||
Music City Dancer | Feb 15 | Mahoning | USA | Displaced knee fracture | [3] | ||||
Pillars Of Earth | Feb 16 | 6 | Chelmsford | UK | Jack Mitchell | Denis Quinn | Fatally injured - broke down | [4] | |
Steele Horizon | Feb 16 | Sam Houston | USA | Multiple fractures | [3] | ||||
Moot Court | Feb 16 | 8 | Leicester | UK | Liam Harrison | Fergal O Brien | Euthanised - pulled up / injured | [4] | |
Touch Of Oscar | Feb 16 | Ireland | [5] | ||||||
Lord Brownie | Feb 17 | Belmont Park | USA | Euthanised - progressive worsening of laminitis | [3] | ||||
Petit Verdot | Feb 17 | Turfway | USA | Catastrophic injury left shoulder | [3] | ||||
She’s a Black Belt | Feb 18 | Aqueduct | USA | Euthanised - injured foreleg, vanned off | [3] | ||||
Getabeau | Feb 19 | 5 | Musselburgh | UK | Brian Hughes | C Grant | Fatal fall - broken neck | [4] | |
Hard Iron | Feb 19 | 7 | Musselburgh | UK | Brian Hughes | NG Richards | Euthanised - pulled up - injured on bend | [4] | |
Bluebell Diva | Feb 19 | Punchestown | Ireland | [5] | |||||
Felix Natalis | Feb 19 | 3 | Meydan | Dubai | Ross Atkinson | Broke a leg after losing his rider and running loose | [citation needed] | ||
Cash Rocket | Feb 19 | Oaklawn | USA | Multiple fractures | [3] | ||||
Grand Turina | Feb 20 | 12 | Lingfield | UK | Ned Fox | V Williams | Fatal fall- broke neck and broke foreleg | [4] | |
Jelly Nougat | Feb 20 | Aqueduct | USA | Euthanised - suffered an injury | [3] | ||||
He’s a Candy Man | Feb 20 | Turf (last raced Feb 13) | USA | [multiple] fractures | [3] | ||||
Big Talker | Feb 20 | 4 | Santa Anita | USA | Collapsed and died | [3] | |||
Crafty Jack | Feb 21 | Parx | USA | Euthanised - suffered catastrophic injury | [3] | ||||
Friendly Fella | Feb 22 | Charles Town | USA | Euthanised - pulled up with fatal injury | [3] | ||||
Rockanrye | Feb 22 | Punchestown | Ireland | [5] | |||||
Lucky Ranger | Feb 22 | Punchestown | Ireland | [5] | |||||
Big Laugh | Feb 22 | 2 | Golden Gate Fields | USA | Gastrointestinal | [3] | |||
Havana Gold | Feb 23 | 13 | Tweenhills | UK | Fatal pelvis injury | [4] | |||
Auspicious Lad | Feb 23 | 3 | Laurel | USA | Sudden death | [3] | |||
Bones and Roses | Feb 23 | Oaklawn | USA | Pelvic injury, soft tissue hemorrhages (last raced Feb 19) | [3] | ||||
Weseekhimhere | Feb 25 | Fairyhouse | Ireland | [5] | |||||
Cinnamack | Feb 25 | Freehold | USA | Fatally injured | [3] | ||||
Kandoit | Feb 25 | Fairyhouse | Ireland | [5] | |||||
Black Sambuca | Feb 25 | 3 | Turf | USA | Fractured cannon | [3] | |||
Mucho | Feb 25 | 7 | Oaklawn | USA | Florent Geroux | John Alexander Ortiz | Colic[Notes 2] | [3] | |
Iron Soul | Feb 26 | Rillito | USA | Euthanised - fell | [3] | ||||
Amman | Feb 26 | Aqueduct | USA | Euthanised - sustained injury to RF | [3] | ||||
Juana Gallo | Feb 26 | Turf | USA | [multiple] fractures: cannon, sesamoids, P1, P2 | [3] | ||||
Rap Star | Feb 27 | Mahoning | USA | Euthanised - suffered catastrophic injury | [3] | ||||
Flann | Feb 28 | Leicester | UK | Fell - Broke Neck - Dead | [4] | ||||
Sporty Sense | Feb 28 | Oaklawn | USA | Multiple fractures | [3] | ||||
Call Me Freddie | Mar 1 | Wincanton | UK | Harry Reed | Richenda Ford | Fatally Injured Running Loose | [4] | ||
Mucho | Mar | Oaklawn | USA | Colic[Notes 2] (last raced Feb 25) | [3] | ||||
Mystical Image | Mar 1 | Turf | USA | Fatal fall | [3] | ||||
Starzan | Mar 1 | Turf | USA | Fatal fall | [3] | ||||
Exit Poll | Mar 1 | 9 | Wincanton | UK | Alice Stevens | A King | Euthanised - Broke Near-Hind Leg | [4] | |
Miss Taken | Mar 2 | 2 | Middleburg | USA | Severe infection in lungs | [3] | |||
Lillywave | Mar 2 | 7 | Taunton | UK | Michael Nolan | PJ Hobbs | Euthanised - Finished Race Lame | [4] | |
Ultimate Diva | Mar 3 | Golden Gate Fields | USA | Injured during the gallop out | [3][9] | ||||
Segomo | Mar 3 | Dundalk | Ireland | [5] | |||||
Head Law | Mar 4 | 6 | Newbury | UK | Fatal fall | [4] | |||
Unrequited Love | Mar 4 | Wolverhampton | UK | [4] | |||||
Glenloe | Mar 4 | Navan | Ireland | [5] | |||||
All the Best | Mar 4 | Mahoning | USA | Fatally injured | [3] | ||||
Turfy | Mar 4 | Oaklawn | USA | Comminuted humerus fracture | [3] | ||||
Jiving Jerry | Mar 5 | Wexford | Ireland | [5] | |||||
Whenudon’t Know | Mar 5 | Rillito | USA | Antonio Bazan | Jesus Fernando Ortega, Sr. | Fatal fall - fell: fractured shoulder | [3] | ||
Heza Valentine | Mar 6 | Golden Gate Fields | USA | [3] | |||||
Lou Trek | Mar 6 | Southwell | UK | [4] | |||||
Borntobealeader | Mar 7 | 4 | Southwell | UK | J F Egan | DE Pipe | Euthanised - pulled up / injured | [4] | |
Charlee’s Magic | Mar 7 | 8 | Mahoning | USA | Found dead | [3] | |||
One Dashing Gallito | Mar 8 | Turf | USA | Gastric rupture | [3] | ||||
Funwhileitlasted | Mar 9 | Belmont Park | USA | Euthanised in stall | [3] | ||||
Joy Enamorada | Mar 9 | Turfway | USA | Catastrophic injury to right foreleg | [3] | ||||
Chanting Hill | Mar 10 | Ayr | UK | [4] | |||||
Surac | Mar 12 | Limerick | Ireland | [5] | |||||
Captain CJ | Mar 12 | Naas | Ireland | Fatally injured | [10] | ||||
Cailin Diana | Mar 13 | 4 | Los Alamitos | USA | Sudden death | [11][3] | |||
Surdoue De Ballon | Mar 13 | Plumpton | UK | [4] | |||||
Miss Glorious | Mar 13 | Turf | USA | Multiple fractures | [3] | ||||
Em’s Winaholic | Mar 13 | Turf | USA | Fractured shoulder | [3] | ||||
Ask The Bishop | Mar 13 | 6 | Thurles | Ireland | Euthanised - pulled up | [5] | |||
Malinello | Mar 14 | 8 | Cheltenham | UK | Gina Andrews | Ben Pauling | Fatal fall | [12][13] | |
Shy Bella | Mar 16 | Charles Town | USA | Euthanised - fell | [3] | ||||
Bank On Shea | Mar 16 | Belmont Park | USA | Euthanised due to illness | [3] | ||||
Monymusk Lad | Mar 17 | 7 | Fakenham | UK | Charlie Price | Laura Horsfall | Fatal injury | [14] | |
Not Bad Are You | Mar 17 | 6 | Doncaster | UK | Finn Lambert | N Twiston-Davies | Fatally injured | [4] | |
Fort Defiance | Mar 17 | Turfway | USA | Euthanised - suffered catastrophic injury | [3] | ||||
Chef Menteur | Mar 18 | Gulfstream | USA | Euthanised - suffered catastrophic injury | [3] | ||||
Eye of the Tiger | Mar 18 | Old Friends | USA | Kiaran McLaughlin | [15] | ||||
Chef Menteur | Mar 18 | Gulfstream | USA | [3] | |||||
Echo Watt | Mar 18 | Fontwell | UK | Fatally injured | [16] | ||||
Florescent Star | Mar 18 | Moonee Valley | Australia | Teo Nugent | Euthanised - fell | [17] | |||
Western Safire | Mar 18 | 5 | Kempton Park | UK | Patrick Cowley | L J Morgan | Euthanised - pulled up / lost action | [4] | |
Lady Macho | Mar 18 | Laurel | USA | Euthanised - fell | [3] | ||||
Mackelduff | Mar 18 | 7 | Uttoxeter | UK | Sean Bowen | Olly Murphy | [4] | ||
Beverly Vista | Mar 19 | 3 | Santa Anita | USA | Ramon Vazquez | Philip D’Amato | Euthanised - injured | [18] | |
Maypole Class | Mar 19 | 9 | Carlisle | UK | Jamie Brace | JJ ONeill | Euthanised - hit fence - injured near-foreleg | [4] | |
De Wanted Warrior | Mar 19 | Chepstow | UK | [4] | |||||
Oratorio | Mar 19 | Lincolnshire Horse Trials | UK | William Fox-Pitt | Heart attack | [19] | |||
Manuka Bobby | Mar 20 | Mahoning | USA | Euthanised - suffered catastrophic injury | [3] | ||||
Jacks Profit | Mar 23 | Lingfield | UK | Robert Dunne | David Evans | Euthanised - pulled up | [4] | ||
Forth | Mar 25 | Laurel | USA | Bad step - fell | [3] | ||||
Saltwater Gypsy | Mar 25 | 2 | Oaklawn | USA | Fatal fall | [3] | |||
Hunsbury | Mar 25 | Bangor | UK | Fatally injured | [20] | ||||
Vezpa | Mar 25 | Turfway | USA | Went wrong | [3] | ||||
Ballabawn | Mar 25 | Bangor-On-Dee | UK | [4] | |||||
Tone the Barone | Mar 25 | 7 | Lingfield (AW) | UK | Marco Ghiani | Stuart Williams | Fatally injured | [21] | |
Older Brother | Mar 26 | Turf | USA | [multiple] fractures | [3] | ||||
Cut the Check | Mar 28 | 3 | Belmont Park | USA | Euthanised - lung disease | [3] | |||
Hexotique | Mar 28 | Belmont Park | USA | Euthanised - fracture | [3] | ||||
Nicos Clave 7 | Mar 29 | 2 | Turf | USA | Fatal fall | [3] | |||
Temple Of Artemis | Mar 29 | Warwick Farm | Australia | Euthanised - fracture to his near fore sesamoid | [22] | ||||
Utterly Courageous | Mar 29 | Laurel | USA | Sesamoid fracture/laminitis | [3] | ||||
I’m Thunderstruck | Mar 30 | Australia | Mick Price / Michael Kent Jr | Euthanised following arthroscopic fetlock surgery | [23] | ||||
Cabane Des Taules | Mar 30 | 4 | Naas | Ireland | Euthanized - lame | [5] | |||
Wudda U Think Now | Apr ? | Belmont Park | USA | Colic, founder | [3] | ||||
Hair of the Dog | Apr 1 | Charles Town | USA | Euthanised - injured | [3] | ||||
Haveulostyourmind | Apr 1 | Turf | USA | Rigo Sarmiento | Cindy Krasner | Hemorrhage, sudden death | [3] | ||
Gamaret | Apr 2 | 7 | Ascot | UK | Charlie Deutsch | Venetia Williams | Fatally injured | [24] | |
Clay Rogers | Apr 2 | 8 | Ascot | UK | Sean Bowen | Olly Murphy | Fatally injured | [25] | |
Glen Na Tara | Apr 2 | 5 | Downpatrick | Ireland | Fatally injured | [5] | |||
Meetmeinkingston | Apr 2 | Gulfstream | USA | Euthanised - "under distress" | [3] | ||||
Autism Ability | Apr 2 | 5 | Los Alamitos | USA | Sudden death - took a bad step mid turn, fell and had to be vanned off | [3][26] | |||
Forza Milan | Apr 2 | 11 | Downpatrick | Ireland | Euthanized - lame | [5] | |||
Hesa Charmer | Apr 3 | Tioga | USA | Expired while training | [citation needed] | ||||
Another Wine | Apr 3 | 3 | Turf | USA | [multiple] fractures | [3] | |||
Midnight Vow | Apr 5 | Santa Anita | USA | [3] | |||||
Mongol Emperor | Apr 5 | Wincanton | UK | Fatally injured | [27] | ||||
Georgeville | Apr 5 | 7 | Leopardstown | Ireland | Collapsed - died | [5] | |||
Gorta | Apr 5 | 3 | Leopardstown | Ireland | Collapsed - died | [5] | |||
Waites Kingdom | Apr 5 | Mahoning | USA | Euthanised - took a bad step | [3] | ||||
Maajaackkobe | Apr 7 | Yonkers | USA | Broke his leg during the 5th race | [3] | ||||
Montana’sbigsunset | Apr 8 | 4 | Finger Lakes | USA | Sudden death | [3] | |||
Lexcellent | Apr 8 | Golden Gate Fields | USA | [3] | |||||
Practical Julia | Apr 8 | Aqueduct | USA | Euthanised - injured | [3] | ||||
Notion Street | Apr 8 | Laurel | USA | Sesamoid fracture | [3] | ||||
We Call Him Clyde | Apr 8 | Laurel | USA | Comminuted pastern fracture | [3] | ||||
The Gunner Yeats | Apr 9 | 6 | Fairyhouse | Ireland | [5] | ||||
Mighty Potter | Apr 9 | 6 | Fairyhouse | Ireland | Fatal fall | [5] | |||
Tallow For Coal | Apr 10 | Chepstow | UK | Harry Cobden | Jamie Snowden | Euthanised - Broke Hind Leg | [4] | ||
Faith Du Val | Apr 10 | Cork | Ireland | Patrick M O'Brien | Gavin Cromwell | Fell - Injured - Destroyed | [28][29] | ||
Tenzing | Apr 10 | Fairyhouse | Ireland | Fatally injured | [30] | ||||
Gaslight | Apr 10 | 4 | Belmont Park | USA | Euthanised due to cellulitis | [3] | |||
Hello Jamrock | Apr 11 | Laurel | USA | Cellulitis, laminitis | [3] | ||||
Blue Paynt | Apr 12 | Belmont Park | USA | Euthanised - fracture | [3] | ||||
Thousand Island | Apr 12 | Belmont Park | USA | Euthanised | [3] | ||||
Envoye Special | Apr 13 | Aintree | UK | James King | Fatally injured | [31] | |||
Goin to the Show | Apr 13 | Keeneland | USA | Catastrophic injury to right foreleg | [3] | ||||
Caesar Nero | Apr 14 | Leicester | UK | [4] | |||||
Dark Raven | Apr 15 | 6 | Aintree | UK | Paul Townend | Euthanised | [32] | ||
Hill Sixteen | Apr 15 | Aintree | UK | Ryan Mania | Sandy Thomson | Euthanised | [33][34] | ||
Singing the Oldies | Apr 16 | Gulfstream | USA | Euthanised - fell | [3] | ||||
Minella Voucher | Apr 16 | Wincanton | UK | Fatally injured | [35] | ||||
Major Attraction | Apr 17 | 7 | Turf | USA | Arthritis (last raced Feb 26) | [3] | |||
Baltic Moon | Apr 17 | 7 | Tramore | Ireland | Euthanised - struck - pulled up | [5] | |||
Itstimetomoveon | Apr 18 | 6 | Tipperary | Ireland | Aidan Kelly | Padraig Roche | Fatally injured | [36] | |
Witty Banter | Apr 18 | Laurel | USA | Multiple fractures | [3] | ||||
Winnetka | Apr 18 | N/A | UK | Suspected heart attack | [37] | ||||
Mansoline | Apr 18 | Tipperary | Ireland | Phillip Enright | Brian M McMahon | Fatally injured | [38] | ||
Master of the Ring | Apr 19 | Keeneland | USA | Euthanised - fell | [3] | ||||
Samagon | Apr 19 | Beverley | UK | Ross Coakley | Hugo Palmer | Euthanised - finished Race Lame | [39] | ||
Golden Pegasus | Apr 20 | Laurel | USA | Euthanised - suffered catastrophic injury | [3] | ||||
Bigmancan | Apr 20 | Laurel | USA | Euthanised - pulled up lame, vanned off | [3] | ||||
Cianciana | Apr 20 | Cheltenham | UK | Fatally injured | [citation needed] | ||||
Mighty Thunder | Apr 22 | Ayr | UK | [citation needed] | |||||
Oscar Elite | Apr 22 | Ayr | UK | Harry Cobden | Joe Tizzard | Fatally injured | [40] | ||
Strong Silent | Apr 22 | Gulfstream | USA | Euthanised - “tried to jump fallen foe" | [3] | ||||
Lionessofbrittany | Apr 22 | Gulfstream | USA | Euthanised - fell | [3] | ||||
Wideeyedandlegless | Apr 25 | Ffos Las | UK | Jonjo O'Neill Jr | Jonjo O'Neill | Fatally injured | [41] | ||
Harry Angel | Apr 25 | n/a | UK | Michael O’Callaghan | Died instantly in a freak [transportation] accident | [42] | |||
Wolfe County | Apr 26 | Keeneland | USA | Euthanised - pulled up | [3] | ||||
Wild On Ice | Apr 27 | Churchill Downs | USA | Euthanised - injured | [3] | ||||
Brandy Harbour | Apr 27 | 9 | Punchestown | Ireland | Euthanised - injured | [5] | |||
Mortal | Apr 27 | 11 | Punchestown | Ireland | Euthanised - injured | [5] | |||
Deere Mark | Apr 28 | 6 | Chepstow | UK | Sam Twiston-Davies | Sam Thomas | Fatally injured | [43] | |
Perceived | Apr 28 | Aqueduct | USA | Euthanised - injured | [3] | ||||
Parents Pride | Apr 29 | 4 | Churchill Downs | USA | Saffie Joseph | Collapsed and died | [3][44] | ||
Artic Weather | Apr 29 | 7 | Punchestown | Ireland | Euthanised - injured | [5] | |||
Code of Kings | Apr 29 | Churchill Downs | USA | Flipped multiple times, broke neck | [45][3] | ||||
An Droichead Eile | Apr 29 | Punchestown | Ireland | Euthanised - injured | [5] | ||||
Crazy Dreams | Apr 29 | Golden Gate Fields | USA | Took a bad step | [3] | ||||
Speed Alert | Apr 29 | Foxfield | USA | [multiple] ruptures, [multiple] fractures | [3] | ||||
Mamzooj | Apr 30 | Oaklawn | USA | Went wrong | [3] | ||||
Flash of Mischief | Apr 30 | Lone Star | USA | Multiple fractures | [3] | ||||
Hiway One O Three | May 1 | Kempton | UK | Rex Dingle | Chris Gordon | Fatally injured | [46] | ||
St Arnicca | May 2 | 6 | Warrnambool | Australia | Tom Ryan | Paul Preusker | Euthanised - suffered catastrophic injury | [47] | |
Kadens Courage | May 2 | 7 | Parx | USA | Gregory DiPrima | Euthanised - fell, catastrophic injury | [3] | ||
Blue Agave | May 2 | Thistledown | USA | Fatally injured | [3] | ||||
Chasing Artie | May 2 | 5 | Churchill Downs | USA | Saffie Joseph | Collapsed and died | [3][44] | ||
Take Charge Briana | May 2 | 3 | Churchill Downs | USA | D. Wayne Lukas | Euthanised - fell | [45][3] | ||
Keep 'Em Lit | May 2 | 8 | Ballinrobe | Ireland | Euthanised - broke down | [5] | |||
Diverge | May 4 | 5 | Last raced at Punchestown Apr 25 | Ireland | Mr P W Mullins | W P Mullins | Overreached badly at Punchestown and did a lot of damage to his tendon. | [48] | |
Sunshine Linda | May 4 | Penn | USA | Euthanised - injured | [3] | ||||
Nightmare Moon | May 4 | 2 | Belmont Park | USA | Charlton Baker | Pleuropneumonia[Notes 3] | [3] | ||
An Agent Mistake | May 4 | 4 | Santa Anita | USA | Doug F. O'Neill | Colic[Notes 2] | [3] | ||
Medyaf | May 6 | 4 | Uttoxeter | UK | Tristan Durrell | Dan Skelton | Fatally injured | [49] | |
Bint Freya | May 6 | 6 | Listowel | Ireland | Euthanised -broke foreleg | [5] | |||
Chloe’s Dream | May 6 | 3 | Churchill Downs | USA | Corey Lanerie | Jeff Hiles | Euthanised - right front knee injury | [50][51] | |
Freezing Point | May 6 | 3 | Churchill Downs | USA | Corey Lanerie | Joe Lejzerowicz | Euthanised - suffered a left ankle injury | [50] | |
Tapwood | May 6 | 5 | Great Meadow | USA | Graham Watters | Jack Fisher | Collapsed and died | [3] | |
Fire and Spice | May 7 | Hawthorne | USA | Fatally injured | [3] | ||||
Flying Verse | May 9 | 11 | Fakenham | UK | Theo Gillard | David Dennis | Fatally injured | [52] | |
Beav’s Boo | May 9 | Thistledown | USA | Fatally injured | [3] | ||||
Mon Paradis | May 9 | 5 | Mountaineer | USA | Luciano Hernandez | Alejandro Gomez | Euthanised - injured past wire | [3] | |
Awanderdownunder | May 11 | 5 | Clonmel | Ireland | Euthanised -broke hind leg | [5] | |||
Singsong Bird | May 12 | Belterra | USA | Fatally injured | [3] | ||||
Make Sure Its Cold | May 13 | Meadows | USA | Euthanised - injured | [3] | ||||
Bosque Redondo | May 13 | Churchill | USA | Fatally injured | [3] | ||||
Along long story | May 13 | 7 | Hexham | UK | Thomas Dowson | Micky Hammond | Fatally injured | [53] | |
Reed Kan | May 13 | 8 | Belmont Park | USA | Ruben Silvera | Mertkan Kantarmaci | Euthanised - catastrophic injury to his right front leg | ||
Bosque Redondo | May 13 | Churchill Downs | USA | Jareth Loveberry | Alexis Claire | Euthanised - injured | [54] | ||
Rio Moon | May 14 | 3 | Churchill Downs | USA | Martin Garcia | Dale Romans | Euthanised - catastrophic injury to his left foreleg | [55] | |
Smile for Glory | May 14 | Santa Anita | USA | [3] | |||||
Westwood Ryder | May 15 | Southwell | UK | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson | Fatally injured | [56] | ||
Smile for Glory | May 15 | Santa Anita | USA | Kyle Frey | Sean McCarthy | [3] | |||
Creative Force | May 17 | 5 | York | UK | William Buick | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin | Fatally injured | [57] |
Distractandattack | May 17 | Parx | USA | Euthanised - injured | [3] | ||||
Good Culture | May 17 | Park | USA | Andy Hernandez | Robert Mosco | Euthanised - catastrophic injury | [3] | ||
Cardboard Gangster | May 17 | 8 | Perth | UK | Tom Bellamy | D J Jeffreys | Struggling when fell heavily | [58] | |
The Pink'n | May 17 | Newton Abbot | UK | Daniel Sansom | Seamus Mullins | Went wrong and unseated | [4] | ||
Dubai Instinct | May 17 | York | UK | Shane Gray | Michael & David Easterby | Pulled up, looked to go wrong | [4] | ||
Bertie's Wish | May 18 | 5 | Perth | UK | Sean Quinlan | Jennie Candlish | Alan Baxter | Fatally injured - fell | [59] |
It's Unbelievable | May 19 | 5 | Aintree | UK | Miss Pippa Brown | Ian Brown | Alison Johnson | Euthanised | [4] |
Havnameltdown | May 20 | 3 | Pimlico | USA | Luis Saez | Bob Baffert | Euthanised - buckled forward, continued running around the final turn in some distress | [60] | |
Mount South | May 20 | 6 | Uttoxeter | UK | Jack Hogan | Ian Williams | Pulled up, looked to go wrong | ||
Your Band | May 20 | Bangor-on-Dee | UK | Nick Scholfield | Alastair Ralph | Pulled up after 3rd, dismounted, lost action | |||
Swanson Lake | May 20 | 3 | Churchill Downs | USA | James Graham | Michael McCarthy | Euthanised - significant injury to the left hind leg | [61] | |
Carolina Mia | May 21 | 6 | Golden Gate Fields | USA | Santos Rivera | Felix Rondan | Euthanised - injured | [62] | |
Magic Lemons | May 21 | Belterra | USA | Suspected complete small colon obstruction | [3] | ||||
Honor Our Fallen | May 21 | 2 | Santa Anita | USA | [3] | ||||
The Very Thing | May 22 | 9 | Market Rasen | UK | Emma Smith-Chaston | Micky Hammond | Derek Walpole | Euthanised - fell | [4] |
Arneis | May 23 | Fairmount | USA | Catastrophic failure of suspensory apparatus | [3] | ||||
Trevelyns Corn | May 23 | 10 | Hexham | UK | Brian Hughes | Micky Hammond | D Lees J Kaye & D Pollitt | Euthanised - lame on right foreleg | [4] |
Imagine Gold | May 23 | Hawthorne | USA | Carpus injury, intractable pain | [3] | ||||
Delaware River | May 23 | Laurel | USA | ||||||
Bustin Lulu | May 23 | Belmont Park | USA | [3] | |||||
Mascat | May 24 | 6 | Warwick | UK | Nick Scholfield | Syd Hosie | Syd Hosie, John Romans, Olly Watt | Fatally injured | [63] |
Kubler Ross | May 25 | 2 | Catterick | UK | Oisin Orr | P Charalambous & J Clutterbuck | Bywater Thoroughbreds | Euthanised -finished lame, fatally injured | [64] |
Pots And Pans | May 26 | 4 | Limerick | Ireland | Jody McGarvey | John Joseph Hanlon | Rachel O'Neill | Fatally injured | [5] |
Dromore Warrior | May 26 | 6 | Limerick | Ireland | Euthanised - injury | [5] | |||
Impazible Donna | May 26 | Belmont Park | USA | Jaime A. Torres | Bruce N. Levine | Flying P Stable | Euthanised (Jun 2) - injured, vanned off, pneumonia | [3] | |
Sure Listen | May 26 | 6 | Worcester | UK | James Best | Mandie Fletcher | Euthanised - pulled, lame | [65] | |
Kaon | May 26 | Saratoga | USA | [3] | |||||
Dromore Warrior | May 26 | Limerick | Ireland | Euthanised - injury | [5] | ||||
Lost in Limbo | May 26 | Churchill Downs | USA | Euthanised - significant injury | [66] | ||||
Kimberley Dream | May 27 | Churchill Downs | USA | Euthanised - significant injury to left front leg | [66] | ||||
Troubling Moon | May 27 | Belmont Park | USA | Sudden cardiac death event | [67][3] | ||||
Skilfing | May 27 | Tokyo | Japan | Collasped after race | |||||
Coconut Beach | May 27 | Monmouth | USA | Pulmonary hemorrhage | [3] | ||||
Mach West | May 28 | Tioga | USA | Collapsed and deemed expired | [3] | ||||
Battle Station | May 28 | Belmont Park | USA | Euthanised - injury | [3] | ||||
Ivory Senator | May 28 | Ruidoso | USA | Euthanised - injury | [3] | ||||
Sir Dan Dan | May 28 | Fontwell | UK | Niall Houlihan | Pat Phelan | Martin Houlihan | Euthanised - stumbled badly and fell | [4] | |
Blingonmercury | May 29 | Lone Star | USA | Left hock septic arthritis with colitis of five-day duration | [3] | ||||
Sweet Run | May 30 | 2 | Lingfield | UK | Cieren Fallon | Amy Murphy | David Howden & David Redvers | Euthanised - finished race lame | [4] |
Hey Bob | May 31 | Cartmel | UK | ||||||
Group One Power | Jun 1 | 6 | Fairyhouse | Ireland | Fatally Injured | [5] | |||
Chaysenbryn | Jun 1 | Belmont | USA | Euthanised - injury | [3] | ||||
Chaysenbryn | Jun 2 | 6 | Belmont Park | USA | Joel Rosario | Rudy Rodriguez | Euthanised - injured his right front leg | [68] | |
Across The Line | Jun 3 | Stratford | UK | Euthanised - finished race lame | [4] | ||||
Jukebox Jenny | Jun 3 | 4 | Tramore | Ireland | Euthanised - injury | [5] | |||
Trois Vallees | Jun 4 | Nottingham | UK | ||||||
Jamminjl | Jun 4 | 6 | Monmouth | USA | Nik Juarez | Jerry Hollendorfer | Brad's Equine Adventure | Euthanised - injury | [3] |
Pirate Bird | Jun 4 | Hawthorne | USA | Fatally injured | [3] | ||||
Shack the Life | Jun 5 | Thistledown | USA | Collapsed | [3] | ||||
Lambrusco | Jun 5 | Thistledown | USA | Fatally injured | [3] | ||||
Trinni Summer | Jun 6 | 5 | Mountaineer | USA | Luis Alberto Batista | Jay P. Bernardini | Bernardini, Jay P., Burnsworth, Richard and Buyea, Kristina | Took a bad step | [3] |
Get Phar | Jun 6 | Southwell | UK | ||||||
Back Beat | Jun 6 | Hawthorne | USA | Laminitis | [3] | ||||
Auntie Mimi | Jun 8 | 4 | Santa Anita | USA | [69] | ||||
Sulafaat | Jun 9 | 8 | Clonmel | Ireland | Euthanised - fell | [5] | |||
Rio King | Jun 9 | 4 | Pleasanton | USA | [3][70] | ||||
Kilballyowen | Jun 9 | 5 | Clonmel | Ireland | Euthanised -struck into near hind leg | [5] | |||
Mickey Goldmill | Jun 9 | Lone Sta | USA | Multiple fractures | [3] | ||||
Excursionniste | Jun 10 | Belmont Park | USA | Euthanized - catastrophic injury to left front leg | [71] | ||||
Gold Vermilion | Jun 10 | Lone Star | USA | Multiple fractures | [3] | ||||
Ami’s Curlin | Jun 10 | 2 | Saratoga | USA | Laminitis, all four feet | [3] | |||
lurkash | Jun 11 | 5 | Punchestown | Ireland | Danny Gilligan | Sean Thomas Doyle | [72] | ||
Naruto | Jun 11 | 5 | Punchestown | Ireland | Euthanised - fell | [5] | |||
Burma Ruby | Jun 11 | 4 | Punchestown | Ireland | Euthanised - broke foreleg | [5] | |||
Mashnee Girl | Jun 11 | Belmont Park | USA | Euthanised - fell | [3][73] | ||||
Farceur De Sivola | Jun 12 | 8 | Roscommon | Ireland | Liam Quinlan | John Patrick Ryan | John M Lynch | [74] | |
No More Margs | Jun 12 | Thistledown | USA | Severed tendon | [3] | ||||
Jet Star | Jun 13 | 7 | Sligo | Ireland | Ciaran O'Shea | C W J Farrell | WSQ Syndicate | [75] | |
Now Go Soldier Go | Jun 13 | 5 | Sligo | Ireland | Mr S Connor | S R B Crawford | Mrs M McCrudden | [76] | |
Fort Peck | Jun 13 | Fairmount | USA | Metacarpal fracture | [3] | ||||
Last Quarter | Jun 15 | 6 | Worcester | UK | Jack Tudor | David Pipe | Brocade Racing | Fatally injured | [77] |
Oxwood | Jun 15 | Belterra | USA | Fatally injured | [3] | ||||
Raindance | Jun 15 | Belterra | USA | Collapsed and died | [3] | ||||
Sailor Again | Jun 15 | Parx | USA | Found dead | [3] | ||||
Great Baroness | Jun 15 | Penn | USA | Euthanised | [3] | ||||
Squirrelly Shirley | Jun 16 | 5 | Sam Houston | USA | Found dead in stall | [3] | |||
Brody | Jun 17 | 2 | Los Alamitos | USA | [3] | ||||
Pappies Sue | Jun 17 | 2 | Wyoming | USA | [3] | ||||
Gagliano | Jun 17 | Belmont | USA | Suffered injury | [3] | ||||
Bikini Baby | Jun 17 | Monmouth | USA | Multiple fractures | [3] | ||||
Rip Stone | Jun 17 | 2 | Wyoming | USA | [3] | ||||
Die Antwoord | Jun 17 | 2 | Wyoming | USA | [3] | ||||
Outkast Blue Chip | Jun 17 | Buffalo | USA | Collapsed | [3] | ||||
Ambassador Mike | Jun 18 | Hawthorne | USA | Fetlock fracture | [3] | ||||
Majestic Seas | Jun 18 | 8 | Mountaineer | USA | Anthony Farrior | Richard Burnsworth | Euthanised - took a bad step | [78] | |
Hans Gruber | Jun 18 | 7 | Downpatrick | Ireland | E Walsh | Ian Patrick Donoghue | Matthew Rogers | [79] | |
Danjer | Jun 18 | Ruidoso | USA | [3] | |||||
Valiancer | Jun 18 | 3 | Santa Anita | USA | Jeff Mullins | CM Thoroughbreds | [80] | ||
Henley Park | Jun 19 | 6 | Lingfield | UK | Tom Queally | Gary Moore | Broke down | [81] | |
Whip Whitaker | Jun 19 | 5 | Kilbeggan | Ireland | Euthanised - injured | [5] | |||
Tizhelnow | Jun 19 | Belterra | USA | Suspected fractured humerus | [3] | ||||
Respect the Code | Jun 19 | Kentucky | USA | [3] | |||||
Oscer Romero | Jun 20 | Wexford | Ireland | Euthanised - lame | [5] | ||||
Powerful Blue | Jun 20 | Wexford | Ireland | Euthanised - fell | [5] | ||||
Stencil | Jun 21 | Belmont (last raced Jun 5) | USA | Laminitis both hind feet | [3] | ||||
Primo | Jun 21 | 4 | Ripon | UK | Callum Shepherd | Roger Fell & Sean Murray | Pulled up after halfway, looked to go wrong | [82] | |
Fly Wicked Eagle | Jun 22 | 3 | Sacramento | USA | Cristobal Herrera | Ed Moger, Jr. | Moger Inc. | [3] | |
Gagliano | Jun 23 | Belmont | USA | Euthenised - suffered injury Jun 17; refractured Jun 23 | [3] | ||||
Im a Modest Man | Jun 24 | Ellis | USA | Comminuted fracture | |||||
Canute | Jun 24 | 3 | Ascot | UK | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Broke a hind leg | [83] | |
Fire Stel | Jun 25 | 3 | Los Alamitos | USA | Musculoskeletal [Notes 1] | [84] | |||
Red Bird | Jun 27 | Fairmount | USA | Euthanised - fell | [3] | ||||
Runlikejackieo | Jun 27 | Thistledown | USA | Fractured ankle | [3] | ||||
Last Inning | Jun 28 | Pleasanton | USA | [3] | |||||
My Patate | Jun 28 | Santa Anita | USA | [3] | |||||
K D Bubba | Jun 29 | Lone Star | USA | Euthanised - fracture through physis | [3] | ||||
Pronto Charli | Jun 30 | Belterra | USA | [3] | |||||
Solar Orbiter | Jul 1 | 4 | Doncaster | UK | David Egan | Roger Varian | Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd | Fatally injured | [85] |
San Antonio | Jun 2 | 3 | Curragh | Ireland | Wayne Lordan | A P O'Brien | M Tabor & D Smith & Mrs J Magnier & Westerberg | Fatally injured | [86] |
Psycho Dar | Jul 1 | Pleasanton | USA | Bad step | [3] | ||||
Animae | Jul 1 | 2 | Santa Anita | USA | [87] | ||||
Global Grandeur | Jul 1 | 4 | Lingfield | UK | Harry Burns | J Butler | Dr Johnny Hon | Euthanised - fell | [4] |
Man Light | Jul 1 | Hong Kong | Died after crossing the finish line | [88] | |||||
La Socia Reyna | Jul 2 | 2 | Gillespie | USA | Fatally injured -compound fracture with multiple lacerations | [3] | |||
Twentyseventrouts | Jul 2 | 6 | Los Alamitos | USA | [89] | ||||
Classic Coyne | Jul 2 | Santa Anita | USA | [87] | |||||
Cold Hard Cash | Jul 3 | Belmont | USA | [3] | |||||
Buttoned Up | Jul 6 | Charles Town | USA | Euthanised - fell | [3] | ||||
Happy Gathering | Jul 6 | Hong Kong | Euthanised - fell | [88] | |||||
Baby | Jul 6 | Hong Kong | Died after crossing the finish line | [88] | |||||
Seize the City | Jul 7 | 3 | Belmont | USA | Michelle Giangiulio | Euthanised - injury to left foreleg | [3] | ||
Irondale | Jul 7 | Los Alamitos | USA | Last raced Jun 24 | [3] | ||||
Captain Tom Cat | Jul 8 | Market Rasen | UK | Luke Scott | Dr Richard Newland | ||||
Maksud | Jul 8 | 4 | Haydock | UK | David Egan | Hughie Morrison | Fatally injured | [90] | |
Bingo’s Girl | Jul 8 | Monmouth | USA | Euthanised - fell | [3] | ||||
Bastogne | Jul 10 | Chepstow | UK | Euthanised - injured | [4] | ||||
Pave My Way | Jul 11 | Finger Lakes | USA | Euthanised - in distress | [3] | ||||
Classic Landing | Jul 14 | Meadowlands | USA | [3] | |||||
Coronas Make Me Wild | Jul 15 | Gillespie | USA | Broke down | [3] | ||||
Frigid Lady | Jul 15 | Saratoga | USA | Euthanised - injured | [3] | ||||
St Andrews Castle | Jul 17 | Ayr Flat | UK | Collapsed | [4] | ||||
Yorkshire Terrier | Jul 17 | Windsor | UK | Euthanised - broken leg | [4] | ||||
Reshoun | Jul 18 | Beverley | UK | Fatally injured | [4] | ||||
Winter Son | Jul 20 | Saratoga | USA | Euthanised - injured | [3] | ||||
Morestride | Jul 20 | Thistledown | USA | Euthanised - catastrophic injury | [3] | ||||
Mucha Woman | Jul 21 | Pleasanton | USA | [3] | |||||
Dreaming of Toga | Jul 22 | Monmouth | USA | Euthanised - injured | [3] | ||||
Lent Me Twenty | Jul 22 | 3 | Hastings | Canada | Euthanised - injured | [91] | |||
Vasco | Jul 23 | Pleasanton | USA | [3] | |||||
Blame It On Mary | Jul 23 | Saratoga | USA | Euthanised - injured | [3] | ||||
Big Brad Soldie | Jul 25 | Finger Lakes | USA | Euthanised - fractured cannon | [3] | ||||
Nevisian Sunrise | Jul 29 | 5 | Del Mar | USA | Injured during workout sessions | [92] | |||
Ghostem | Jul 29 | 4 | Del Mar | USA | Injury to right front leg | [92] | |||
Memorandum | Jul 30 | 4 | Hastings | Canada | Fatally injured | [91] |
Racehorse deaths in 2023 by country
Country | Known deaths | Notes |
---|---|---|
Australia | 5 | no reporting requirement |
Canada | 2 | |
Dubai | 1 | no reliable data |
Hong Kong | 3 | no reliable data |
Ireland | 57 | |
Japan | 1 | no reliable data |
United Kingdom | 98 | 1 x road transportation incident (Harry Angel) |
USA | 254 | |
Total | 421 |
Racehorse injuries 2023
This is a list of serious injuries to horses during horse racing that may have resulted in euthanasia. Entries may be moved to deaths once death is confirmed.
Name | Date | Age | Location of incident | Country | Rider | Trainer | Owner | Incident | |
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Deira Star | Jun 9 | Wolverhampton | UK | Pulled up | |||||
Uncle Matthew | Jun 27 | Newton Abbot | UK | Adam Wedge | Evan Williams | Stumbled and pulled up quickly just before 4th, dismounted | |||
Bad Company
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UK | ||||||||
Denruth Diamond
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Newmarket | UK | |||||||
Tokyo Live
|
UK |
See also
- List of horse fatalities in the Grand National
- List of horse fatalities in the Melbourne Cup
- List of horse fatalities in the Cheltenham Festival
- Horse racing deaths by year
- Horseracing Wrongs
- Greyhound racing deaths 2023
Interviews
External links
- Over 1,000 racehorses died on tracks in past decade RTE
- Up to 60% of racehorses are doped, trainer warns during troubling death spree: ‘Lots of illegal drugs’ New York Post Archived Jun 23
- As horse racing’s best trainers rake in millions, records show they’ve violated rules aimed at keeping the animals safe CNN
- Love Playing the Ponies? This Animal Rights Expert Wants You to Know What Horse Racing *Really* Looks Like katiecouric.com
- Horse racing: Thousands of racehorses killed in slaughterhouses BBC News
- Horse Racing: Running to Death is Not a Sport! City Watch
- “It Was Either Run Really Fast All My Life Or Be Slaughtered” – Cheltenham Winner Waterford Whispers News
- Panorama - The dark side of horse racing YouTube
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Musculoskeletal disorders involve the injuries of joints, nerves, muscles, tendons, spinal discs, and cartilage. Musculoskeletal problems are among the most prevalent problems in horses. Chronic laminitis and chronic joint diseases (osteoarthritis) are the most common conditions affecting horses.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Abdominal pain
- ↑ Pleuropneumonia is defined as infection of the lungs and pleural space. In most instances, pleural infection develops secondary to bacterial pneumonia or penetrating thoracic wounds. Spontaneous pleuritis (without accompanying pneumonia) is uncommon in horses.
References
- ↑ Jockey describes part in pile-up that led to horse's death as "worst moment in my career'
- ↑ Perth Cup race abandoned after horror fall leads to death of horse
- ↑ 3.000 3.001 3.002 3.003 3.004 3.005 3.006 3.007 3.008 3.009 3.010 3.011 3.012 3.013 3.014 3.015 3.016 3.017 3.018 3.019 3.020 3.021 3.022 3.023 3.024 3.025 3.026 3.027 3.028 3.029 3.030 3.031 3.032 3.033 3.034 3.035 3.036 3.037 3.038 3.039 3.040 3.041 3.042 3.043 3.044 3.045 3.046 3.047 3.048 3.049 3.050 3.051 3.052 3.053 3.054 3.055 3.056 3.057 3.058 3.059 3.060 3.061 3.062 3.063 3.064 3.065 3.066 3.067 3.068 3.069 3.070 3.071 3.072 3.073 3.074 3.075 3.076 3.077 3.078 3.079 3.080 3.081 3.082 3.083 3.084 3.085 3.086 3.087 3.088 3.089 3.090 3.091 3.092 3.093 3.094 3.095 3.096 3.097 3.098 3.099 3.100 3.101 3.102 3.103 3.104 3.105 3.106 3.107 3.108 3.109 3.110 3.111 3.112 3.113 3.114 3.115 3.116 3.117 3.118 3.119 3.120 3.121 3.122 3.123 3.124 3.125 3.126 3.127 3.128 3.129 3.130 3.131 3.132 3.133 3.134 3.135 3.136 3.137 3.138 3.139 3.140 3.141 3.142 3.143 3.144 3.145 3.146 3.147 3.148 3.149 3.150 3.151 3.152 3.153 3.154 3.155 3.156 3.157 3.158 3.159 3.160 3.161 3.162 3.163 3.164 3.165 3.166 3.167 3.168 3.169 3.170 3.171 3.172 3.173 3.174 3.175 3.176 3.177 3.178 3.179 3.180 3.181 3.182 3.183 3.184 3.185 3.186 3.187 3.188 3.189 3.190 3.191 3.192 3.193 3.194 3.195 3.196 3.197 3.198 3.199 3.200 3.201 3.202 3.203 3.204 3.205 3.206 3.207 3.208 3.209 3.210 3.211 3.212 3.213 3.214 3.215 3.216 3.217 3.218 3.219 3.220 3.221 3.222 3.223 3.224 3.225 3.226 https://horseracingwrongs.org/killed-2023/ Retreived May 14, 2023
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 4.35 4.36 4.37 4.38 4.39 4.40 4.41 4.42 4.43 4.44 4.45 4.46 4.47 4.48 4.49 4.50 4.51 4.52 4.53 https://www.horsedeathwatch.com/ Retrived May 12, 2023
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 5.35 5.36 5.37 5.38 5.39 5.40 5.41 5.42 5.43 5.44 5.45 https://irishhorsedeathwatch.com/ Retrieved May 9, 2023
- ↑ Hollie Doyle ruled out of riding after horror fall which led to tragic death of horse
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Two more horses die after injuries at Santa Anita Park
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Horse Racing: Running to Death is Not a Sport!
- ↑ https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/filly-dies-after-winning-race-4th-racehorse-death-this-year-at-golden-gate-fields/
- ↑ https://archive.ph/Dqj6e
- ↑ Horse dies from training injury at Los Alamitos Race Course
- ↑ https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/breaking-cheltenham-festival-death-malinello-29459511
- ↑ https://www.animalaid.org.uk/cheltenham-festival-horse-killed-ban-jump-racing/
- ↑ https://archive.is/QYxSN#selection-3221.0-3233.68
- ↑ https://archive.ph/0IywH
- ↑ https://www.racingpost.com/results/20/fontwell/2023-03-18/833502
- ↑ https://archive.ph/GJJ2N
- ↑ https://www.nbclosangeles.com/on-air/eighth-horse-dies-at-santa-anita-race-track/3117963/
- ↑ https://archive.ph/IaOuN
- ↑ https://www.racingpost.com/results/4/bangor-on-dee/2023-03-25/833640
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230325160355/https://www.racingpost.com/results/393/lingfield-aw/2023-03-25/833738
- ↑ https://archive.ph/wip/2FJjf
- ↑ https://archive.ph/wip/DMn2H
- ↑ https://www.racingpost.com/results/2/ascot/2023-04-02/834612
- ↑ https://archive.ph/wip/7tRoT
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230404044528/https://patch.com/california/losalamitos/racehorse-dies-after-suffering-race-day-injury-los-alamitos-course
- ↑ https://archive.ph/wip/EoJlc
- ↑ https://irishhorsedeathwatch.com/ Archived May 9
- ↑ https://archive.ph/wP1q1
- ↑ https://archive.ph/NRYQJ
- ↑ https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2023-04-13/first-horse-dies-at-grand-national-as-calls-for-stricter-safety-measures
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/65288023
- ↑ https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/uk-sport-news/grand-national-horse-death-hill-26707360
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s1i7ttrixo
- ↑ https://archive.ph/TsV6a
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230419082117/https://www.racingpost.com/results/202/tipperary/2023-04-18/838689
- ↑ https://archive.ph/tjrXo#selection-429.35-429.43
- ↑ https://archive.ph/Yq21t#selection-5229.2-5235.34
- ↑ https://www.horsedeathwatch.com/viewdetail.php?horseid=MjcxMw==
- ↑ https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/arrests-at-scottish-grand-national-as-animal-rights-activists-invade-course/ar-AA1abSJR
- ↑ https://archive.ph/fvW8h
- ↑ https://archive.ph/Y371T#selection-713.24-713.59
- ↑ https://archive.ph/U2Ofy#selection-4927.2-4933.35
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 Derby Entrant Is Scratched as Four Horse Deaths Renew Safety Concerns (Archived) The New York Times
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 Deaths cast shadow over Derby
- ↑ https://archive.ph/piRua
- ↑ https://archive.ph/ruTP5
- ↑ https://archive.ph/hYHUD The Sun
- ↑ https://archive.ph/ONyqF
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 https://archive.ph/krjea
- ↑ https://archive.is/HnRtq
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230510074811/https://www.racingpost.com/results/18/fakenham/2023-05-09/838369
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230514062828/https://www.racingpost.com/results/25/hexham/2023-05-13/838427
- ↑ Bosque Redondo Becomes 10th Kill at Churchill Downs Horseracing Wrongs Archived May 25, 2023
- ↑ https://www.foxsports.com/articles/horseracing/horse-dies-at-churchill-downs-8th-recent-fatality-at-home-of-kentucky-derby
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230516151924/https://www.racingpost.com/results/61/southwell/2023-05-15/838457
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230517212719/https://www.racingpost.com/results/107/york/2023-05-17/835768
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230519082954/https://www.racingpost.com/results/41/perth/2023-05-17/838484
- ↑ https://archive.ph/m9mNQ
- ↑ One Baffert horse euthanized on track on undercard before another Baffert entry wins Preakness AP News
- ↑ Swanson Lake: Ninth horse death at Churchill Downs since late April
- ↑ Golden Gate Fields has 8th horse death of year AP NEWS
- ↑ https://www.racingpost.com/results/85/warwick/2023-05-24/839699
- ↑ https://archive.ph/XoPqb
- ↑ https://archive.is/WOBZ4
- ↑ 66.0 66.1 Churchill Downs ‘troubled’ after 12th horse death in past 2 months
- ↑ Horse dies at Belmont Park after sustaining injury during race ahead of next week’s Triple Crown finale CNN
- ↑ 6-year-old horse dies at Belmont Park after race injury; Chaysenbryn euthanized on track
- ↑ Horse dies from training injury at Santa Anita
- ↑ Racehorse Dies At Alameda County Fairgrounds Patch.com Archived Jun 17
- ↑ Horse euthanized after 13th race at Belmont, bringing year's total to 3
- ↑ https://archive.ph/wip/IGSEO
- ↑ 2 Horses Die at Belmont Park Less Than 24 Hours After the Belmont Stakes Yahoo News
- ↑ https://archive.ph/tQqmW
- ↑ https://archive.ph/woIJp
- ↑ https://archive.ph/tQqmW
- ↑ https://archive.ph/A8Kv9
- ↑ https://horseracingwrongs.org/2023/06/19/majestic-seas-killed-at-mountaineer-last-night/
- ↑ https://archive.ph/GfEaJ
- ↑ Dead in California: Brody, Valiancer Horseracing Wrongs
- ↑ https://archive.ph/p9WAb
- ↑ https://archive.ph/7Qdru#selection-5227.2-5233.30
- ↑ https://archive.ph/aMwBC
- ↑ Another Young Horse Dies At Los Alamitos Race Course, 7th This Year
- ↑ https://archive.ph/ZuyxQ
- ↑ Jockey Wayne Lordan taken to hospital after fall as horse suffers fatal injury in Irish Derby The Mirror
- ↑ 87.0 87.1 https://archive.ph/VKmcu
- ↑ 88.0 88.1 88.2 https://archive.ph/YmiQi
- ↑ ‘There is no love at the end of a whip’: protesters at Los Alamitos Race Course call for an end to horse racing KNX News
- ↑ https://archive.ph/gKKEF
- ↑ 91.0 91.1 https://archive.ph/haA36
- ↑ 92.0 92.1 https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/del-mar-race-horse-dies-after-training-accident-marks-first-fatality-of-season/ar-AA1ex4Cb
Additional sources of data: https://www.equibase.com/