Just a week ago, Del Mar looked like a million bucks for Bob Baffert. The legendary racehorse trainer just broke his 2025 losing streak by winning a race and was feeling on top of the world. But last weekend, all that jubilation turned into a clamor of wailing. While injuries aren’t something the horse racing community is stranger to, when it becomes fatal, it does leave the fans distraught.
Any horse racing fan knows that not being able to race following an injury leaves a lasting impact on the equine creatures that can severely affect their well-being. Under such circumstances, drastic measures are sometimes the only options left. But it never gets easy. And it certainly won’t be for those who just had to adopt a radical step after a freak Del Mar fiasco.
An article by NBC 7 San Diego from August 3 shares the unfortunate fate that befell Uncrowned King after his recent fumble. As per the article, the “3-year-old thoroughbred colt has died after suffering an injury at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in the track’s first horse racing death of the year, officials said Sunday.”
The Joseph Vega-owned horse met with a nasty injury during the seventh race at Del Mar on Saturday. As per reports, the 3-year-old colt was “chased from between, stumbled near the quarter pole, was pulled up and transported off the course via equine ambulance,” and was ultimately put out of his misery one day later. Mac McBride, a track spokesman, confirmed on Sunday that the horse “was humanely euthanized due to injuries suffered racing.”
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