4/27: Incident mars Derby Works..

[Bobby Fischer]

Originally Posted by freddymo

What is a trerrific gallopout?

lol a poor gallop out is like when Hard Spun worked about 3.5 furlongs pre 2007 and it goes down as a 5furlong work

a terrific gallop out is when a horse works about 6furlongs and it goes down as a 5furlong work

[justindew]

The incident was absolutely horrific. It happened right in front of me. The loose horse was working from the gate I think. It lost the rider at about the quarter pole and took off. A group of horses had gathered at the outside fence between the 1/16th pole and the wire. The loose horse appeared to be heading for a gap between two standing horses, but it ran directly into the left rear of a standing horse. The rider never reacted. It appeared as if he never saw the loose horse. The standing horse was put down on the track in front of hundreds of Dawn at the Downs visitors. The loose horse appeared to have a serious injury to the right front leg I believe.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by justindew

The incident was absolutely horrific. It happened right in front of me. The loose horse was working from the gate I think. It lost the rider at about the quarter pole and took off. A group of horses had gathered at the outside fence between the 1/16th pole and the wire. The loose horse appeared to be heading for a gap between two standing horses, but it ran directly into the left rear of a standing horse. The rider never reacted. It appeared as if he never saw the loose horse. The standing horse was put down on the track in front of hundreds of Dawn at the Downs visitors. The loose horse appeared to have a serious injury to the right front leg I believe.

I never realized how often this occurs, isnt this the third incident in a week?

[justindew]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

I never realized how often this occurs, isnt this the third incident in a week?

My frame of reference isn't that broad because I only watch morning training during Derby Week. But the track sure seems crowded to me. I'm surprised things like this don't happen every day.

[sumitas]

I had no idea either of the traffic dangers of the training track . I'm just shocked at these incidents . Unfortunately it took Tin Cup Chalice to bring this to public attention .

[Linny]

Similar to the accident that claimed Tin Cup Chalice at Finger Lakes last week. Sad indeed, for all involved.

[my miss storm cat]

Raspberry Kiss...

Rest in peace.

Hope Dr. Rap is okay.