Worst Spill You've Seen

[todko]

Originally Posted by easy goer

For some reason Snack sticks in my mind. This was in the 2005 Santa Catalina (now the Bob Lewis stakes). Snack was a crazy closer who had tore up the fields at Hoosier Park or whatever it is in Indiana. Would close from way way back. Paul Reddam purchased him and a few weeks later he was running in the Santa Catalina. I had never seen him run but had heard about him and he sounded fascinating. Was in his usual last position on the back stretch when he broke both front ankles or at least that's what they said. You could see him go down in the video but they cut away real fast. He was probably euthanized on the track but the ESPN guys didnt say for sure or maybe they didnt know. I think Declans Moon won the race before his season ended with the bone chip..

Snack was at Turfway Park too. Don't remember him running at Hoosier but he might have. Very nice horse. Showed a lot of promise. Heading toward the Derby trail if I remember. You could barely catch him going down in the video. You knew immediately it was catastrophic.