Re: Race 7 Del Mar (485 Views)

Seven horses were caught up in a backstretch spill Sunday at Del Mar that forced the seventh race to be declared null and void.

Early indications were that none of the horses or riders suffered serious injuries, according to a Britney Eurton's report on TVG.

The chain reaction began when Sassy Chasey, a 3-year-old filly ridden by Diego Herrera, appeared to take a misstep early in the six-furlong race for fillies and mares racing for $25,000 under maiden-claiming conditions. The Equibase chart said she "clipped heels past the seven-sixteenths pole, initiating a chain reaction."

Whiskey Blue, with jockey Kyle Frey, and Corners Up, ridden by Juan Espinoza, were the next horses to be collected in the spill. As the pan camera followed the leaders away from the accident, Phoenix Tears with Tiago Pereira, Backtoflash with Cesar Ortega, Siena Silk with Emily Ellingwood and Renegade Princess with Tyler Baze were said to have been impacted.


(I was at the race. It was very ugly. Jocks walked off the track dazed and confused).