Sports Town Euthanized

[Kasept]

SPORTS TOWN, a 3yo son of Belong to Me that won the May 16 Ogygian Stakes and placed in the Whirlaway, was reportedly euthanized earlier this week due to complications from laminitis. Owned by the Gatsas Family's Soveriegn Stables and trained by John Terranova, Sports Town had a 3-0-2 record from 6 career starts with earnings of $104,007.

Out of the Peteski mare Answer to Me, Sports Town was bred by Sabine Stable and sold for $150,000 at the Ocala Spring sale as a 2 year old.

Our sympathies to the Gatsas family and everyone at Sovereign on the loss of this nice colt...

[Sightseek]

RIP Sports Town...what a sad loss for his connections.

[31lengths]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

RIP Sports Town...what a sad loss for his connections.

yep. sad. RIP

[philcski]

Very sad. I guess this is why he scratched from the Woody Stephens even though he likely would have been a top 2 choice.

[10 pnt move up]

See it was that big race, he bounced so hard out of it that it killed him.....he did run that one MONSTER race out of no where, maybe not so good to get that type of a performance out of such a so so horse?

[my miss storm cat]

That's a shame.

Run in peace, good boy.

How sad.....

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

See it was that big race, he bounced so hard out of it that it killed him.....he did run that one MONSTER race out of no where, maybe not so good to get that type of a performance out of such a so so horse?

he ran hard so he got laminitis?? that's one i haven't heard before.

my condolences to his owners, trainer, groom, everyone who was involved with him.
hopefully they will soon find an answer for this disease. too many horses are lost to this, including some of the very best that have ever graced a racetrack.