Sixth horse dies at Belmont Park
The cloud that has hung over horse racing since just before the Kentucky Derby continued when a horse was euthanized after falling in the first race at Belmont Park. It is the sixth fatality since May 4 conducted during racing or training at the Elmont, N.Y., track. It was also the second in two days, with a horse dying in the last race after Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.
Mashnee Girl fell near the quarter pole entering the stretch in an allowance race for fillies and mares Sunday. The horse was euthanized on the track. The likely cause of the fall was a fracture in one or both legs.
Excursionniste, who was euthanized Saturday, and Mashnee Girl both were trained by Mark Hennig.
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