Strawberry Reason...

http://www.bloodhorse.com/NOW/News/B...ews/46760.aspx

World Asunder, at Del Mar...

http://www.pedigreequery.com/world+asunder

Sky Diamond, at Monmouth...

http://www.pedigreequery.com/sky+diamond2

Heavenly Perfect...

http://www.pedigreequery.com/heavenly+perfect


Rest in peace.

Pardon my ignorance, but how often does a suspensory problem lead to euthanization? Doesn't that seem a little extreme?

some soft tissue injuries can be catastrophic, and be more serious and harder to recover from than a bone break.

Careless Whisper, only 2, in the European Breeders' Fund Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Folkstone (she was the favorite and was traveling well)...

Sir Duke at Chester a few days ago..... clipped heels and broke a shoulder.

In Detention, at Flemington a week ago.

Filante...

http://www.racingandsports.com.au/br...asp?NID=133558

Run in peace.

Smell My Carrots...

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24960

Flying Seasons... 3YO gelding, at Lingfield.

Confirmed by someone who works at Fairplex... Johnny High Brite. :(

Rest in peace.

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Valiant Pete...

http://www.drf.com/news/article/98119.html

Bummer, he was one of my faves.

Sorry.

For you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMEPg0Rqp8I

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Sexy Soldier, at Fairplex (R1) today.

She was 4 years old.

Rest in peace.

I was there that day. That was a fun horse to watch.

Racing Post...

Champion Bumper winner Pizarro put down


Tony O'Hehir

PIZARRO, twice a Grade 1 winner as a novice chaser and winner of the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham in 2002, has been put down at trainer Edward O'Grady's farm in County Tipperary.

O'Grady said: “Pizarro had been retired and was suffering from emphysema and a tumour on his lung. Sadly, he had to be put down on Friday morning.”

An 11-year-old, Pizarro had not run under rules for almost three years, and he had been pulled up onhis only point-to-point start at Punchestown in March.

He won all three bumpers he contested, the first of them when trained by Eddie Hales, before joining O'Grady after being bought by Edward Wallace and his wife, Trish.

Partnered by Jamie Spencer, he beat Rhinestone Cowboy by a neck in the Cheltenham Festival bumper with Back In Front, Thisthatandtother and Iris's Gift filling the next three places – a race rated the best bumper ever run on Racing Post Ratings.
O'Grady said: “It wasprobably the most memorable finish to a Cheltenham Festival bumper and there was also the tension of a stewards' inquiry.

“Pizarro was a very good horse and he had a good record at Cheltenham, where he ran Hardy Eustace to a length in the Royal & SunAlliance Hurdle the following year. We thought he was very unlucky in the 2004 Royal & SunAlliance Chase when he was brought down at the second-last, closing on the leaders.”

Pizarro achieved Grade 1 success in the William Neville & Sons Chase at Leopardstown and in the Dr PJ Moriarty Chase at the same track.

His last appearance under rules came at Punchestown in October 2005, when third in the Listed Daily Star Chase.

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Flying Feline (AUS), 4 years old... won her race and collapsed, striking her head.

She suffered severe head trauma and was euthanized.

Not sure which track... this was in an email but I had to mention her here.

Rest in peace.

Cape Cod Escape, at Belmont yesterday.

She was three years old.

http://www.pedigreequery.com/cape+cod+escape

River Proud... collapsed and died during the Prix du Prince d'Orange at Longchamp.

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No details but confirmed... Godolphin's Ibn Qutiaba.

I am sad to report that my avatar puppy, our Border Collie Hobbes, is no longer with with us, having succumbed to kidney disease in August. He was twelve and he never gave us any indication he was seriously ill - he was so tough and stoic - until his final seizure. The house feels empty without him.

I have replaced Hobbes in my avatar because I can't bear seeing him looking back at me so trustingly.

Losing a border collie seems tougher than losing other pets to me.

Sorry for your loss. I've had two of them and when they both died, it was extra difficult.

I'm truly sorry for your loss, Pedigree Ann

Losing a family member of 12 years is tough.

When I was a kid of four, my parents got me a cat. She died at the age of 19, and I actually made a trip from south Florida to northern Ohio to be with her when it was clear she was about to say goodbye.

One thing I appreciate however, is that the experience with her passing subsequently made it a tad easier in the years since when I was encountered the passing of other pets. And loved ones.

As trite as it sounds, it will get better.

Good thoughts with you.

:( Sorry about your loss Ann

Thank you all for your kind words.

I'm really sorry Ann.

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Tizsweetdreams, at SA...

http://www.drf.com/news/article/98414.html

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He's Invincible, at SA...

http://www.drf.com/news/article/98449.html

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Refundable (NZ), at Geelong. She was 4 years old.

Finally I have a true addition to this thread....



the deer I plowed into on the NY Thruway earlier this afternoon.