Flip Flop Freak, says the chart, fell and was “taken off in the ambulance” yesterday at Churchill. In fact, he is dead – or as BloodHorse puts it, “the colt could not be saved.” (It’s a very rare occurrence for the racing press to report on kills; this one was only addressed because the complicit…

Haunted Haze made our weekly ambulance report for an “injured past 1/4 pole” in the 5th at Canterbury last Saturday. The stewards pick it up from there: “Haunted Haze went wrong on his left forelimb and stumbled severely…unfortunately, [he] was euthanized for humane reasons.” The deceased was six, and this was his 23rd time under…

Best Deal, said the chart, “was injured and pulled up and transported off the track in the ambulance” in the 6th at Monmouth Saturday. In fact, I have confirmed, he is dead – at the tender age of two. The responsible: breeder Bella Creek Stables, owner Trin-Brook Stables, trainer Uriah St. Lewis, jockey Francisco Martinez,…

Regulatory Vet “scratches” – i.e., their exploiters had every intention of racing them – at Horseshoe in August: Scripted Love, “unsound” Slink, “unsound” Low Bid, “unsound” Misty Moon Song, “unsound” Lookatmybuckle, “unsound” Amani’s Music, “unsound” Ap Lovely Corona, “unsound” Mi Sargento, “unsound” How About Abby, “unsound” Rapido Rosa, “unsound” J David, “unsound” Royal Sapphire, “unsound”…