9 horses have now died on the famed Churchill Downs since April 27.
Swanson Lake, a horse skilled by Mike McCarthy, suffered an inoperable leg harm after ending fourth in her race on the Louisville observe.
The horse was vanned off the observe earlier than docs opted to euthanize her.
From April 27 to the Kentucky Derby on Could 6, seven horses died from both accidents or collapsing on the observe. Two of these horses died within the undercard of the Derby, and one other one, Wild on Ice, was imagined to run within the race that was gained by Mage.
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Common view previous to the 149th operating of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Could 6, 2023, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photos)
Coach Bob Baffert returned from his two-year suspension on Saturday – he had been barred from the game following a optimistic drug take a look at on the unique winner of the 2021 Derby, Medina Spirit. The horse was disqualified from the race and died that December.
In his return, considered one of his horses died throughout the Preakness Stakes undercard.
Havnameltdown sustained a “non-operable left fore fetlock” harm at Pimlico, and docs made the choice to place the horse down.
Bob Baffert skilled Havnameltdown is taken off the observe after being euthanized throughout the sixth race forward of the 148th Operating of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Could 20, 2023, in Baltimore, Maryland. (Rob Carr/Getty Photos)
NATIONAL TREASURE, TRAINED BY BOB BAFFERT, WINS 148TH PREAKNESS STAKES
Baffert’s day turned out to be fairly the curler coaster, as he’s the coach of Nationwide Treasure, which gained the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. It was Baffert’s seventeenth Triple Crown victory and eighth on the Preakness.
Coach Saffie Joseph Jr. was indefinitely suspended by Churchill Downs throughout Derby week after two of his horses collapsed on the observe and died. Kentucky racing officers additionally scratched his Derby entry, Lord Miles.
Todd Pletcher was additionally suspended because of a optimistic drug take a look at taken on Forte, the morningline favourite for the Derby that was scratched with an harm simply hours earlier than the race.
The 149th operating of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Could 6, 2023, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photos)
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PETA beforehand known as Churchill Downs a “killing subject” and even known as for the banning of Baffert previous to the Preakness.
