Kona Gold RIP

[Echo Farm]

POPULAR CHAMPION SPRINTER KONA GOLD EUTHANIZED


LEXINGTON, KY (September 25, 2009) Kona Gold, winner of the 2000 Eclipse Award for Sprinter of the Year was humanely euthanized at the Kentucky Horse Park this morning after suffering a severe fracture to his left front leg while exercising in his paddock. He was 15-years-old.

Within minutes of the accident, he was taken to Hagyard Equine Medical Institute for evaluation where it was determined by the surgical staff that his injury was beyond repair. The unanimous decision to euthanize was made by the surgeons, his former trainer Bruce Headley, and the staff at the Kentucky Horse Park who have loved and cared for him during his retirement.

http://www.kyhorsepark.com/news.php?...&sectionid=9&1


Thoroughbred Times article:
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/rac...uthanized.aspx