Tuesday, January 13, 2009
A Final Farewell to Indyanne
Graded stakes winner and beautiful filly Indyanne, who fractured a sesamoid in the La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 27, was euthanized today, as reported in both Bloodhorse and Thoroughbred Times online.
I took this short video of Indyanne before she was shipped to her owner's farm in Kentucky. Although I thought she appeared comfortable and happy, it was hard not to feel a certain uneasiness, knowing how many things can go wrong following the type of injury she sustained. It was with great sadness that I learned of her death.
My sincere condolences go to her owner, John Sikura, trainer Greg Gilchrist, and all who knew and loved her.
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9 comments:
Rest in Peace, you beautiful horse.
Nice video, Mary.
Rest well, Indyanne.
Lovely video, brought tears to my eyes.
Very nice of you to share Mary. I sent to Erin who is really having a tough time with the loss.
Thanks for this.
Her death is truly a shame. One has to wonder, why the rush to get to Kentucky? She was injured only 2 and 1/2 weeks ago.
Well done Mary. Rest in Peace Indyanne.
What a beautiful filly and a shame to lose her in this way. :(
RIP Indyanne.
Why did they ship her? No wonder she got much worse. A horse only has her feet to balance on when being shipped and so bumped a bit this way and that. It was totally irresponsible and inhumane to subject a horse with a broken leg to shipping.
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