A news crew was at the track doing an interview with track vet Will Farmer when the siren went off and he ran to the track.
It happened after VOF breezed (they have a time for him on Equibase) yesterday. Fractured two front legs. Jockey off to the hospital with suspected shoulder injury.
That is tough one…any word on the rider?
Just looked and this is the only thing I could find. Maybe someone here with connections would know.
“The horse’s exercise rider was taken to UofL Hospital with left shoulder pain. There are no updates in the condition of the rider.”
Not a bad report there, they have actual statistics besides the usual sensationalizing. Hoping the exercise rider can get back up in the saddle quickly, besides losing the horse from under them, no ride no pay until they can ride. Another tough side of the sport.
Quick look up shows VoF was a 3 year old with 3 starts, all this year, 0-2-0, earnings of 6400.
That is the video I got the information from. I was looking for new work videos from the Derby horses in the last 24 hours and the video came up.
Geezus that’s sad. Valley of Fire didn’t get a chance to prove himself one way or the other.
That was hard to watch.
So hard I didn’t watch after they showed the horse apparently kneeling.
Assuming lower forelegs fractured.
Racing Peeps on here:
Any thoughts on why so many young horses are suffering life-ending injuries in KY? < this was mentioned by the reporter just as he started the interview.
Maybe more TBs training and racing in KY than many other states? Lots of race dates compared to many states. Do not know if the training centers are included in the statistics or just the tracks?
RIP Valley of Fire. What a terrible breakdown. I couldn’t watch.
To elaborate on what @findeight said, more than 50% of the U.S. TB foal crop is bred, born, trained, and races in KY. The second largest concentration of racehorse is NY (8%) followed by CA (7%).
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