Yoshi Raaza Put Down
- Thursday, 01 July 2010 04:36
The fickle nature of competitive thoroughbred racing doesn’t need to be explained to the connections of ill-fated galloper Yoshi Razza.
The black seven-year-old gelding by Japanese sire Tayasu Tsuyoshi, had to put down following Wednesday’s $10,000 Carlton Draught / Sabois Maiden Plate (1600m) at Murray Bridge.
Jockey Tamara Zanker told stewards following the event that she believed Yoshi Raaza was sore in the near hind leg.
However the club’s veterinary surgeon reported an injury to the near side of the gelding’s pelvis with first aid administered shortly after.
After believing he could feel broken bones on the pelvis of the horse, there was little option left to the vet but to humanly euthanise Yoshi Raaza.
In over five years of racing, Yoshi Raaza failed to win a race. That was until late May when Yoshi Raaza won a steeplechase at Casterton that was later declared a no-race as the race was marred by the death of Prince Vitality.
But Yoshi Razza was not to be denied victory for any longer, winning at his next start at the same venue on June 20 in the $15,000 Pot A Round Garden Centre Maiden Steeplechase (3800m).
To view the historical form of Yoshi Raaza, click here.
Picture: Jenny Barnes
