Lawsuit Claims Racehorse ‘I Want Revenge’ Injury Not Disclosed

IEAH Stables has filed court documents claiming that David Lanzman failed to disclose injuries to I Want Revenge that eventually led to the 3-year-old colt being scratched on the morning of the Kentucky Derby, for which he was the morning-line favorite.

IEAH purchased 50% interest in the son of Stephen Got Even on March 25 for $3,175,00, and on April 4 the colt won the Wood Memorial

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IEAH Stables has filed court documents claiming that David Lanzman failed to disclose injuries to I Want Revenge that eventually led to the 3-year-old colt being scratched on the morning of the Kentucky Derby, for which he was the morning-line favorite.

IEAH purchased 50% interest in the son of Stephen Got Even on March 25 for $3,175,00, and on April 4 the colt won the Wood Memorial Stakes. Under the agreement, IEAH agreed to pay $1,750,000 in cash and convey to Lanzman 25% interest in the top IEAH-owned filly Stardom Bound. IEAH’s subsequent sale of part of its interest in the colt to others, and the manner in which the funds were handled, were the subject of the Lanzman suit against IEAH.

I Want Revenge was scratched from the Derby on the morning of the race due to an injury in his right front fetlock. According to the IEAH claims, filed by attorney Andre Regard as a counterclaim to the lawsuit filed by Lanzman, I Want Revenge was diagnosed as being lame and had filling in his right front fetlock April 10. The court filing contends Lanzman failed in his fiduciary duty to IEAH by not notifying the partner of the injury and that the colt was X rayed and treated for the filling.

Additional treatments for the filling took place from April 11-13 and on April 14 an ultrasound was conducted on the injury, the filing states. The colt was injected in the right front fetlock April 15 and was administered antibiotics for the next five days, according to the counterclaim, with IEAH not being informed of any of those actions. IEAH claims further that the colt was injected in both front fetlocks April 28

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Ron Mitchell is Online Managing Editor for The Blood-Horse magazine. A Lexington native, Mitchell joined The Blood-Horse after serving in editorial capacities with The Thoroughbred Record and Thoroughbred Times, specializing in business and auction aspects of the industry, and was editor-in-chief of the award-winning Horsemen’s Journal. As online managing editor, Mitchell works closely with The Blood-Horse news editor and other departments to make sure the website content is the most thorough and accurate source for all Thoroughbred news, results, videos, and data.

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