Chain Reaction Accident At Aqueduct March 4th, 2009

A horse broke down just before heading into the stretch at Aqueduct in Race 2. The jockeys escaped serious injury. Private Details, the first horse to fall, broke her leg and had to be euthanized. Luckily, the other horses involved escaped serious injury.
I get squeamish watching these accidents, but since many people (horsemen and horseplayers especially) search for details on these type of accidents, I figure I'm providing a service to them.

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• Aqueduct
• horse racing
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• Private Details

[minidowns]

NO ONE that had a winning ticket on this race felt good cashing in after what happened. Horse players know the dangers of the sport that has been hidden from the mainstream but slowing emerging with shows like Animal Planets "JOCKEYS". Its the first time on mainstream TV that they tell us "2 jockeys die every year" . The future of this industry lies in the reality of capturing the sport as it really is and not hiding the truth (potential death to horse and/or rider). Does anybody else agree?

[thespa77]

So sorry for Private Details, who was beautiful and had a big heart.

[moeguy9999]

Horses! They are our equine atheletes. To have them cooped up,never ridden,just given hay,no horse shows,or parades,no race life,no jumping events or cross country,no horse camps with children,no hoofs trimmed,teeth filed down,trail rideing, no socialization with competition..!?! That is abuse! For anyone to put raceing as a (slaughter Fest) that means something so much to myself and others,as a job. Should really look at what they can do to help the humane society,the homeless people,etc.

[dboot90]

Jockey Eddie Castro was diagnosed with a badly bruised left shoulder and was released from the Jamaica Hospital and Medical Center. Castro was injured when he was hurled to the ground after his mount, Private Details, broke down approaching the quarter pole. The spill started a chain reaction as four other horses unseated their jockeys in a race where only two horses finished.

Private Details, a 3-year-old daughter of Toccet, had to be euthanized on the track with a broken left foreleg,

[LJBroussard]

When they drop like this, there is ALWAYS a pre-existing condition. Get rid of all the drugs they train on, make it mandatory that each runner have periodic x-rays, and this kind of stuff will STOP. I am a racehorse owner. 90-plus % of "bad steps" are not bad steps; they are preventable injuries. Again: over 90% of all catastrophic breakdowns are 100% preventable. The clen, the bute, the methocarbamol they ALL work on produce unsound horses. SO EFFING SAD.

[LJBroussard]

Get rid of all the drugs they train on, make it mandatory that each runner have periodic x-rays, and this kind of stuff will STOP. I am a racehorse owner. 90-plus % of "bad steps" are not bad steps; they are preventable injuries. Again: over 90% of all catastrophic breakdowns are 100% preventable. The clen, the bute, the methocarbamol they ALL work on produce unsound horses. SO EFFING SAD.

[footyunit]

horse racing is fine but the drugs are ruining the horses and horse racing

[samsam29]

@ScurvyDuckiex86 by the way, I'm sure losing your horse would be devastating, and even if this sort of thing does happen I didn't mean to be insensitive. I would feel equally crushed, but even so this is something one has to accept as part of the sport.

[samsam29]

@ScurvyDuckiex86 let's ban all sports with a serious injury risk and start living in bubbles while we are at it, that way NO ONE gets hurt and we can all live happily ever after.

Or maybe we can just accept that accidents happen, no matter how PC we want to be.

By the way, you were a horse owner and you were naive enough not to think of this possibility?

[Beretverde]

It is a sport that I love so dearly. Like all things there times for are sad dealings... like relationships. Nothing is 100% perfect.