Horses die in separate incidents

ARIMA Race Club’s “Horses in Training” list became thinner over the last two days with deaths on and off the course of  two horses. The duo died under different circumstances at the racecourse at Santa Rosa Park, Aima.

Judge Judy an unraced imported three-year-old was euthanised after she broke a leg in the backstretch during an exercise gallop on Thursday with stable companion Dare To Dream. Her death was followed  by that of  Saadiya who met his demise while being loaded into a horse van to be taken for a swim in Carenage. As he was being loaded, the four-year-old bay colt suddenly reared up, striking his head on the roof of the van. A wabbly, Saadiya slumped to the ground bleeding from the mouth. Trainer Grant Lourenco who was nearby, rushed to Saadiya’s assistance, dousing his head with water from a hose borrowed from an ARC worker who was watering plants, while a veterinarian was summoned. But all his efforts failed, and Saadiya succumbed.