CHRB INVESTIGATING COLT'S DEATH.Byline: Ed Golden Special to the Daily News The California Horse Racing horse racing, trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed horses with one of two particular gaits, among saddled Thoroughbreds (or, less frequently, quarterhorses) on a flat track, or among saddled horses over a turf course with Board is "formally investigating the events that occurred after the completion of the sixth race on Dec. 29, 1995, at Santa Anita," according to a release issued Monday by the CHRB CHRB California Horse Racing Board CHRB Community Housing Resource Board (Montana) CHRB Commonwealth Health Research Board . CHRB supervising investigator Mike Kilpack said the investigation concerns Tillie's Joy, a 2-year-old colt who was the 19-10 favorite in the six-furlong race for maiden claimers. Tillie's Joy, trained by Mike Mitchell and ridden by Corey Nakatani, finished sixth in the field of 11, beaten by seven lengths, but suffered a complete fracture complete fracture Orthopedics A fracture in which the bone fragments are completely separated. Cf Fracture, Incomplete fracture. of his left front cannon bone cannon bone the 3rd metacarpal (metatarsal) of the horse, or the 3rd and 4th metacarpals (metatarsals) of ruminants. following the running and was later destroyed. "We're in the process of gathering statements," Kilpack said. "We're concerned because the horse broke down and films reveal the jockey hit him several times after the finish." Kilpack said no hearing date had been set. Nakatani had no comment. |
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