By City News Service
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ARCADIA (CNS) - A 3-year-old filly has been euthanized after fracturing an ankle while training at Santa Anita, horse racing officials said today.
Gutz, who had one race in her career a fifth-place finish at Santa Anita on June 4 broke her right front ankle on Sunday.
The horse “was triaged by track veterinarians and a diagnostic examination determined that it was an unrecoverable injury, according to Santa Anita s website.
She was owned by Tommy Hutton s Dream Stable LLC and trained by William Spawr.
Eleven horses died from a racing or training injury during the Arcadia track s winter/spring meeting, which concluded on June 20.
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February 6, 2021 02:22 AM
(Note: updated after Saturday’s early scratches, including picks added by Duane Colucci.)
Team Tuley continues to look for value from coast to coast. Granted, Sunday’s Super Bowl is the focus of this weekend, but we need something to keep our minds occupied on Saturday in addition to college and pro basketball (and hockey and golf and UFC, etc.). OK, so there’s a lot going on in the sports world, but always a place for some spot plays on Saturday’s horse racing cards.
Ed Sehon and I posted two plays apiece overnight (plus Sehon looks at an early Pick 4 at Gulfstream) while Duane Colucci added a spot play in the Withers Stakes at Aqueduct and a Late Pick 4 at Gulfstream after scratches.
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Las Vegas
There is a term that I learned living in Australia that applies well in so many facets of life. It is the tall-poppy syndrome, based on a flower that outgrows others in a field. It must not be allowed to stand out, so it is cut down.
It is like the show-biz saying that Hollywood eats its young. The behavioral condition known as schadenfreude. Or mom’s declaration that we can’t have anything nice in the house.
Speaking of Life Is Good …
Is he not the quintessence of the tall poppy? Four days before Thanksgiving he dared to cruise to a 9½-length victory in his debut for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert with Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith riding and the nation’s No. 1 stallion Into Mischief as his sire and the China Horse Club and WinStar Farm as his blue-blooded owners.