Race horse deaths 2024

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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.

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]
Congruent Mar 2 Gulfstream USA euthanized [7]
Honest Coop Mar 1 2 San Luis Rey USA [7]
Yo Baby Mar 1 Golden Gate Fields USA Rondan,Felix D Musculoskeletal [3]
Pure Nonsense Mar 1 Charles Town USA euthanized - injured [7]
Honest Coop Mar 1 San Luis Rey Downs USA Headley,Gustav C Cardiac [2]
Little Toro Feb 29 Monticello USA euthanized - injured [8]
Pour Dompter Feb 29 3 Los Alamitos USA D'amato,Philip J "non-musculoskeletal" [7]
Emperor’s Gold Feb 28 Mahoning USA pulled up, vanned off, went down in its stall [8]
Arya Charming Feb 28 3 Charles Town USA euthanized [9]
Candy Island Feb 24 Mahoning USA broke down mid-stretch [8]
Dereka’s Bluff Feb 24 Charles Town USA Lyn Dee Venham Gary W. Carter fatally injured [8]
Imma Tank Feb 22 Cal-Expo Racetrack USA Cisneros,Emilio O Musculoskeletal [3]
Doc KW Feb 21 Tioga USA euthanized [8]
Scarlet Tanager Feb 21 Charles Town USA Toschia R. Spriggs Toschia R. Spriggs euthanized - injured [10][8]
Music Melody Feb 20 2 Belmont USA Colic [11]
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][11]
Vallelujah Feb 9 4 Belmont USA Found dead [8]
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 [8]
Holmes St Georges Feb 3 Musselburgh UK Ben Bromley S R B Crawford euthanized [12]
Hermes Allen Feb 3 Sandown UK Harry Cobden Paul Nicholls Broken neck [13]
Coco Kolada Feb 2 Catterick UK Danny Gilligan Karl Thornton euthanized [14]
Rolling River Feb 2 Catterick UK James Davies Oliver Signy Oliver Signy Racing Club euthanized - fatally injured [15]
Zettabyte Feb 2 7 Southwell UK Brendan Powell Henrietta C Knight euthanized [16]
Lucky Royal Flash Feb 1 Charles Town USA euthanized - injured [8]
Yes She Can Feb 1 Belmont USA found dead in stall after being treated for non-healing wound [8]
Matewan Jan 29 6 Plumpton UK Harry Reed Jim & Suzi Best If Only Partnership euthanized [17]
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 [8]
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 [18]
Tuna N Stamps Jan 13 Laurel USA euthanized - fell [8]
Diamond Collector Jan 11 Aqueduct USA euthanized - injured [8]
Popcorn Magic Jan 10 Kempton UK David Probert Andrew Balding Pulled up after 3f, fatally injured [19]
Despite Odds Jan 9 Laurel USA Heart attack [8]
Constitutionlawyer Jan 8 5 Belmont USA was broadsided, became progressively weaker, died [8][20]
Where’s Chris Jan 8 3 Belmont USA Richard Dutrow Jr. euthanized - broadsided another horse, staggered and fell, euthanized on track [8][20]
Two Emmys Jan 7 Fair Grounds USA fell near finish line after breaking his leg [8]
Neolithic Nation Jan 4 3 / 4? Turfway USA Paul D. Lepiane MPB Stables collapsed, agonal and unresponsive [8]
Bound to Bet Jan 2 6 Los Alamitos USA Perez,Sergio S Musculoskeletal Sesamoid [21][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 [8]
River City Rocker Jan 2 Parx USA injured herself in the starting gate [8]
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]

See also

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Two horses tragically killed on second day of Grand National Meeting Animal Aid
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Equine Fatalities Non-Musculoskeletal and Other California Horse Racing Board
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 Equine Fatalities Musculoskeletal California Horse Racing Board
  4. Tintookie dies as Melbourne Cup winner Kerrin McEvoy hospitalised with neck injury after Rosehill fall 7 News
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20240317140703/https://horseracingwrongs.org/2024/03/17/death-at-santa-anita-7th-kill-there-this-year/
  6. https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024/03/12/cheltenham-horse-died/
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 3-Year-Old Horse Dies After Training Injury at Los Alamitos Patch
  8. 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 Horses Killed on or at U.S. Tracks, 2024 Horseracing Wrongs
  9. 3-Year-Old Killed at Charles Town Last Night Horseracing Wrongs
  10. Scarlet Tanager (MD) Equibase
  11. 11.0 11.1 4-Year-Old Dead at Santa Anita Horseracing Wrongs
  12. bet365 Frodon Novices' Limited Handicap Chase Racing Post
  13. https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/hermes-allen-sandown-alex-ferguson-32038796
  14. Download The Raceday Ready App Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Racing Post
  15. racingtv.com Handicap Chase Racing Post
  16. Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Hurdle Racing Post
  17. William Hill Lengthen Your Odds Handicap Hurdle Racing Post
  18. Kenneth Shaw 75th Birthday Celebration Handicap Chase Racing Post
  19. Unibet Support Safe Gambling Novice Stakes Racing Post
  20. 20.0 20.1 Where's Chris, Constitutionlawyer die after Belmont training accident DRF
  21. https://heysocal.com/2024/01/04/horse-euthanized-after-racing-injury-at-los-alamitos/