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Star-Crossed Year for Thoroughbred Racing
The sport endured a year of numerous equine deaths and injuries. Go for Wand, Alydar, Uptown Swell, and others were retired or destroyed after cruel spreads of illness and injury. The Breeders Cup season saw tragic collapses including Go for Wand and Adjudicating. The era’s star power faded as key horses faced fatal or severe setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alydar
Uptown
Sunday Silence
Easy Goer
Eastern Echo
Nickerson
Uptown Swell
Unionville
Woody Stephens
Swale
Stephens
Bayakoa
Randy Romero
Affirmed
Calumet Farm
Lexington
Northern Dancer
Northview
Chesapeake City
Shaker Knit
Adjudicating
Glitterman
Yee
Housebuster
New York