Grant Forester

Did the System Fail a Horse Named Guaguarero?

All breakdowns are horrible, something that no one ever wants to see and something that remains a troubling issue the racing industry continues to face. So it was a horrible scene on March 14 at the Fair Grounds when the 5-year-old gelding Guaguarero (Mo Town) fractured his right front ankle in a $12,500 maiden claimer and began to lose his action about 20 yards before the wire. Somehow, well in front of the field at the time, he managed to stagger across the wire still in front and was declared...

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