4/27: Incident mars Derby Works..

[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.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Rachel Alexandra was about to break off into her work when the sirens went off. Upon resuming training, RA went fast: 48.2 and 58.2 with a 1:10.3 gallop out.

A 10 second flat 5th furlong in a morning work? That would be something.

I'm thinking 46.2 turned 58.2 turned 1:10.3

[booner]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Incident with loose Carroll horse colliding with McPeek work horse at eighth pole stopped training earlier for nearly 30 minutes.

Sounds pretty bad. Hard to hope for the best, but I will anyway.......

[smuthg]

Originally Posted by booner

Sounds pretty bad. Hard to hope for the best, but I will anyway.......

Its my understanding that the McPeek horse was put down on the track... RIP.