Thoroughbred Tiz Chrome Breaks Down in Work; Euthanized
Tiz Chrome, a 3-year-old Bob Baffert-trained colt, broke down during a workout at Churchill Downs April 18 and had to be euthanized. Exercise rider Dana Barnes was aboard the son of Tiznow. She was not injured in the mishap.
According to John Asher of Churchill Downs, Tiz Chrome broke down while traveling around the the far turn, fracturing his left front sesamoid.
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Tiz Chrome, a 3-year-old Bob Baffert-trained colt, broke down during a workout at Churchill Downs April 18 and had to be euthanized. Exercise rider Dana Barnes was aboard the son of Tiznow. She was not injured in the mishap.
According to John Asher of Churchill Downs, Tiz Chrome broke down while traveling around the the far turn, fracturing his left front sesamoid.
Tiz Chrome was working toward a start in Churchill Downs' opening day The Cliff's Edge Derby Trial (gr. III). The one-mile race April 24 is worth $200,000.
Tiz Chrome was owned by the Lanni Family Trust, Mercedes Stable, and Bernie Schiappa. Out of the Woodman mare Woodland Shadow, he was bred in Kentucky by Whisper Hill Farm
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Written by:
Evan Hammonds
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