pre-race incident

In a bizarre incident Saturday at Ellis Park, 2-year-old filly Bold and Bossy (Strong Mandate) got loose in the post parade prior to the first race after unseating rider Miguel Mena, ran off the track, and went on a merry tour of U.S. 41N, Interstate 69, and Veterans Memorial Parkway. She made it quite a distance, crossing state lines from Kentucky into Indiana, before being caught and returned via horse ambulance to the Ellis Park barn area, where the state veterinarian immediately began administering fluids and additional treatment. In spite...

Hamilton Park Racecourse's Tuesday card was called off following an incident prior to the 2:15 p.m. first race. Originally racing was delayed until 2:45 p.m., but another delay as emergency services attended to the incident soon occurred and the meeting was abandoned just after 3:35 p.m. The incident involved two RaceTech employees, who operate the cameras on site. A statement from RaceTech said, "Following a serious incident prior to the first race at Hamilton Park involving a mobile elevated camera platform, two freelance camera operators, Robbie Cotgrave and Kit Campbell,...