The 150th Kentucky Derby winner marks the end of a largely accident-free week in horse racing, contrasting with past fatalities and controversies. [ more ]
Tragedy at Cheltenham Festival as horse dies a week after leading jockey's funeral
Highland Hunter, amateur jockey Keagan Kirkby's favorite horse, tragically died at Cheltenham Festival.
Keagan Kirkby's death left a void in the racing community, with colleagues expressing remembrance and admiration for his bond with Highland Hunter. [ more ]
The 150th Kentucky Derby winner marks the end of a largely accident-free week in horse racing, contrasting with past fatalities and controversies. [ more ]
Tragedy at Cheltenham Festival as horse dies a week after leading jockey's funeral
Highland Hunter, amateur jockey Keagan Kirkby's favorite horse, tragically died at Cheltenham Festival.
Keagan Kirkby's death left a void in the racing community, with colleagues expressing remembrance and admiration for his bond with Highland Hunter. [ more ]
Requiem for the 7 Dead Horses of Kentucky Derby Week
Her voice catches and tears threaten to follow, but Randy Gootzeit wants you to know about how a strapping gray colt nicknamed Snowball brought a couple of horse lovers back to the track, and how they got their hearts broken.Snowball, known on the track as Freezing Point, suffered a fatal breakdown during an undercard race at Churchill Downs on May 6, becoming the seventh horse to die in an agonizing eight days leading up to the Kentucky Derby.