A horse trained by Bob Baffert was euthanized on the track after going down with an injury and unseating his jockey during a race on the Preakness undercard.
BALTIMORE — A horse trained by Bob Baffert was euthanized on the track after going down with an injury and unseating his jockey during a race on the Preakness undercard Saturday.
Hours before the second leg of the Triple Crown, favorite Havnameltdown buckled forward and threw jockey Luis Saez off his back during the sixth race and continued running around the final turn in some distress.
The 3-year-old colt was looked at by chief veterinary officer Dr. Dionne Benson and others, who determined the injury was inoperable and decided the horse should be put down, according to a statement from 1ST Racing, which owns and operates the track.
Saez was conscious and taken to a hospital for evaluation, complaining of leg pain, the track announced. He was attended to by medical personnel on the track for several minutes before being put on a stretcher and into an ambulance.
The fatality comes in the aftermath of the Kentucky Derby being overshadowed by the deaths of seven horses at Churchill Downs over a span of 10 days.
