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07-20-2008, 02:21 PM
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Really sad news...
Her name was Runforthemoneybaby, and she'll be missed. She was a full sister to Spenditallbaby and the winner of the Cal Cup Juvy Fillies. Condolences to Jeff Mullins and to her connections. Good night, good girl. Last edited by my miss storm cat : 07-20-2008 at 05:19 PM. 
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07-20-2008, 06:31 PM
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http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008...8c00760288.txt
DEL MAR NOTES: Second horse in three days is euthanized By JEFF NAHILL - Staff Writer | Sunday, July 20, 2008 3:09 PM PDT DEL MAR ---- The Polytrack claimed its second horse in three days during training hours when Runforthemoneybaby, a 3-year-old filly, suffered a broken right sesamoid Sunday morning and had to euthanized. Dakota Padre, a 4-year-old gelding, suffered a similar injury on Friday morning, but he was pulling up after a workout. Runforthemoneybaby was in the midst of a workout under jockey Tyler Baze when she suffered the fatal injury. "She was just breezing," trainer Jeff Mullins said. "She went to switch leads and took a bad step. It was just a freak thing." Last year, six horses were fatally injured on the Polytrack, four in workouts and two during the races. Runforthemoneybaby, a daughter of Unusual Heat, was purchased privately last summer after she finished third in a $100,000 maiden claimer. She went on to finish third in the Grade I Oak Leaf Stakes during Oak Tree's meet at Santa Anita and won the Nov. 3 Cal Cup Juvenile Fillies. Runforthemoneybaby had run exclusively on the grass this year with a second and a third. She earned $187,876 in eight starts. "She was one of the best 3-year-old fillies in my barn," Mullins said. The trainer has been one of Del Mar's staunchest supporters of the switch from dirt to Polytrack. "I have no concerns about the track," Mullins said. After trainers complained a year ago about the surface being too loose during the afternoon races, Del Mar added a layer of wax this spring and has been watering the track at least once during the races on the first four days of the meet. Some Del Mar officials are starting to worry about the breakdowns so early in the meet, but track president Joe Harper said he has complete faith in the surface. "I'm concerned about the breakdowns," Harper said, "but I'm not concerned about the track." Harper said he didn't think the surface was too compact from the additional watering. Harper said he did receive several phone calls before the meet from veterinarians at Hollywood Park warning him about sore horses coming down to Del Mar. "They told me I had some sore horses coming my way," Harper said, "but I wouldn't put those two horses in that category." Del Mar vets have scratched a number of horses this meet in the mornings and at the starting gate, a philosophy Harper firmly believes in. "I've been in the barn area in the mornings and I can see there are horses that aren't sound," Harper said. "I can't keep them off the race track in the mornings, but I can in the afternoons. "I've told our vets if there are any doubts, scratch the horse." Sincity, a 3-year-old filly, was scratched at the gate in Sunday's first race when track stewards reported she "didn't warm up properly."
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#3
07-21-2008, 12:52 PM
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Oh that Polytrack is really doing wonders to save horsies.  Maybe we can make a petition to stop polytrack. Nevermind, wouldn't want to suffocate any horsies.
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07-21-2008, 01:00 PM
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 I guess a partition is a petition in England, but I didn't sign it anyway.
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#5
07-21-2008, 05:37 PM
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