Show mm "(Mi Pages — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday August 14 1998 Dying to run at Del Mar Deaths of nine thoroughbreds perplex veterinarians DEL MAR Calif (AP) — Beyond the shiny silks the body of every horse who dies on the track or while training goes to the lab for necropsy Bill Johnson a pathologist at fancy hats and the Mood rmp-for- ing luck excitement of thoroughbred racing there's a sad truth The hones are dying to run Some like a filly named Her Royal Highness simply drop dead Others have what the racing industry refers to as a “breakdown" That means their bones fracture — break so far beyond repair that they are euthanized In less than three weeks nine hone have died at the Del Mar hoof-poundi- the university lab said he doesn't see a common denominator in the Del Mar deaths He just thinks “this is going to be a bad year" Overall the number of fatalities is down he said They’ve developed a technique to detect tiny stress fractures that don’t show up in regular They X-ra- are also looking at die benefits of cleats or grips on horseshoes to help with traction Once a horse is injured healing isn’t the same as for a human or even a dog Horses like to stand and when frightened or injured their natural instinct is to run The legs of horses are also Racetrack just north of San Diego where top runners compete this weekend for a $1 million purse in the Pacific Classic Most injured a foreleg during a race or training One had a severe allergic reaction to a vitamin shot Five horses died during just the first week of racing very lean with few Mood sels If the blood flow is "It's hound to happen from destroyed due to injury the bone can be set but won’t heal without Mood flow time to time but not die disaster we had in the first week" said B William Bell veterinarian for the California Hone Racing Board Trainers and veterinarians are “Sometimes it is just not humane to try and save the horse It’s putting him through a great deal of pain" said Cynthia Kollias-Baka professor of puzzled by the deaths Race horses die they said but not er clinical equine pharmacology at IIC Davis usually this many It could be the way be Del Mar's softer track — a mixture of mostly sand silt and clay — either clumps or falls from the hooves of the horses The animals were used to running on the harder partly synthetic Hollywood Park track in Los Angeles before coming to Del Mar Bell said Some trainers said the track may not have been up to par the first week of racing because crews had only four days to prepare it fer the Del Mar Fair closed Others just chalked it up to fate and a run of bad luck “Maybe horses have been bred a little bit too refined Bones are finer and Mood is hotter" trainer Richard Mandella said More than a thousand pounds of muscle and flesh barrels forward at more than 35 mph when a horse runs With each stride the entire weight of the hone and jockey ride upon a single leg Tyson Continued flnom Page She conceded that finances said he had no idea why TYson withdrew his application in New Jersey Tyson adviser Shelley Finkel didn't give a reason other than to say there was concern over the perception that the boxer was try- -' around die Nevada ban mg to by applying in New Jersey Finkel denied he feared Tyson's applica- tion would be rejected “I felt very positive” Finkel said adding that he also is confi- AP photo Some trainers and vets said that pressure may be too much for animals that don't get enough rest between races Bruce Headley a trainer since the 1950s added that part of the problem is that slightly injured hones are often put back on the track instead of being given time to heal ‘If I find anything wrong — heat swelling — they don't go near the track" said Headley who had put down only one said he wasn’t surprised the New Jersey application was withdrawn although he had not talked to any of die New Jersey officials “I just thought there was a lot going on out there” he said “I saw a lot of things in the press that led me to believe that there was that possibility I could see a lot of pressure building" Tyson’s license was revoked and he was fined $3 million for biting Holyfield’s ears during the third roundof their June 28 1997 rematch for the heavyweight title Ghanem said Tyson is not dent about Tyson's chances in of getting his license assured Nevada “We can always go back to New Jersey if it's bad in back despite the feeling by some in boxing that he has been punNevada" Ghanem said Tyson was making the right move in returning to the state regulators who revoked his license “It wasn't a smart move for him in the beginning" Ghanem said referring to the New Jersey application Nevada boxing regulators expected all along that Tyson would reapply for his license in Nevada after a mandatory one-ye- ar wait Asking New Jersey for the license was seen as a calculated gamble by Finkel But many in boxing criticized the move and said that if states did not respect each other's decisions that a federal commission might be formed to regulate the sport may also influence that decision "There are situations where to even attempt it is thousands and thousands of dollars and then there’s no guarantee” she said “But there are times when the horse is not financially worth it Owner and trainer Bruce Headley looks over his horse Son of a Pistol in the stable area of Del Mar Thoroughbred club in Del Mar Calif Headley and other owners are trying to find out what has caused the deaths of nine horses in the last three weeks at the Del Mar track Nevada Athletic Commission vice chairman Dr James Nave 6 ves- ished enough “Mike Tyson will have to convince the commission that he is fit to have a license" Ghanem said At a July 29 hearing in New Jersey Tyson's advisers presented and they try to save the horse anyway The owners just want you to try they just can’t here it” Rosemary Royce an agent in his career because of an injury “But I own diem and I don't have to answer to anybody" Among Del Mar Hollywood with Horse Insurance Specialists in Pilot Point Texas said "full mortality" coverage for a race horse is extremely expensive — Park and Santa Anita horses d in can run nearly California if their owners between 475 percent and 63 percent for every $1000 of year-roun- value for die horse “There is a big demand it he said For the past eight years the California Horse Racing Board has worked with a veterinary laboratory at the University of that they start them so young and don't give diem a chance to grow into their bones” death to horses The sides” Granik said "This just demonstrates what is fair to both Union we’ve been saying — that this is a perfectly legal lockout dial we have bargained in good faith and you don't have to kick out only Mien games are in place' Continued thorn Page 6 NLRB complaint so they could focus their efforts on winning the Feerick hearing The sides haven’t scheduled League officials seemed to think the players were cutting any new formal negotiations and none should be expected until Feerick issues his ruling That win give die sides only about 3 weeks to finalize a new collective bargaining agreement in time for training camps to open on time at their losses “I assume they came to the 2-- recognition that this was a loser" deputy commissioner Russ 0rmik is obviously for the union strategy of litigation instead of negotiation ‘The players must now recog-to- of October If they can't agree on a new the beginning is on the main economic issues — completely lawful and the only way it will end is when the parties sit down and reach a deal that n die league stands to lose games to a work stoppage for die first time in its history regular-seaso- av’ABVPOUWSfflV a parade of character witnesses BET who urged regulators to give him A RIFLE OR SHOTBUH ty Remington another chance and the boxer apologized for biting Holyfield But at the end of the hearing Tyson got angry refused to read a closing statement and cursed in front of regulators Next up for giant-kille- r: MASON Ohio (AP) — Vince Spadea with an assist from Andre Agassi has his game in high gear blocking off two Top 10 players this week en route to the quarterfinals of the ATP How does Agassi figure in? In March after beating Spadea in Key Biscayne Agassi called Spadea an underachiever — a journeyman who had spent five years on the tour had never played to his potential and had never cracked die top 50 Months passed until the two were set to meet again in the second round this week Agassi was asked before the match if he wanted to take back die remark No he said it wasn't an opin- ion and it wasn't pejorative it was a dictionary definition: Spadea was a journeyman tennis player but one with the talent to be ranked much higher Spadea said he didn't know how to react to that and he didn't particularly care But when they met Wednesday Spadea beat the Wght no when you pul the trigger on a new Polaris Sportsman 500 wel give a far a 12qajqeREmirSon870 of the Netherlands d 2 3 on Thursday Next up today for 6-- 6-- Spadea was Pete Sampras “You know what? 1 kind of got a hint of what’s going on now whereas before I didn’t’ said And at 24 he may be a but not hopeless late-Moom- er “I don’t think it's ever too late” he said "And if you're healthy and you've got the right situation and you know you re 18 19 or 26 or whatever “But I'll tell you it's not going to come easy” Sampras in particular didn’t figure to be easy He won Ms first three matches against Spadea and on Thursday Sampras was the model of efficiency in beating Jan-Mich- Gambill Sampras overwhelmed Gambill tiebreaker winning in the tust-s7-- Make the right safety choices E&A SOUTH BEND Ind (AP) — Ken MacAfee had bigger plans than professional football when he graduated fromN6tre Dame So he didn't spend long hours in the weight room in between his seasons with the San Francisco 49m nor did he take on a grueling training regimen He went to dental school “Academically he always wanted to be a dentist and surgeon" said Joe Yonto a former Irish assistant coach who recruited MacAfee out of high school "He had his priorities right There’s more to life than professional football” MacAfee now an oral surgeon in Massachusetts will be enshrined into die college Football Hall of Fame tonight along with a class of 23 other former (7-- 3) 6-- 3 et the first six points then broke Gambill once in the second set and served out the rest of the way “He served big I served big — we played a lot of quick points not a lot of groundstroke rallies" said Gambill 21 the youngest American in the top 100 rankings “My serve resembles Ms a little I hope he doesn't mind that" Gambill served 15 aces to 13 for Sampras But Sampras centrated more on holding his serve and made only one serious attempt to break Gambill In the fourth game of the second set Gambill rushed the net after winning the first point Sampras hit a winner passing Gam- bill on his forehand side then and SamGaniMIl double-faulte- d pras won the next two points for die only break in the match “That came at a time when I was starting to get a hold of Ms serve a little better” Sampras said “It was the time to capitalize on winning the first set" players and coaches elected last year for the honor Not bad for a guy who didn't have much faith in his football abilities when he signed on with Notre Dame He told the Irish coaches he was too small to play for diem “He was 6-- 5 235" Yonto said "I just laughed at him and said 'If you're too small we might as well quit trying to recruit' ” When he was a freshman MacAfee didn’t think he had a shot at making the travel squad By die time he was a senior he n thought talk of Mm being a a was candidate Trophy Woe even though he would finish Heis-ma- his career a three-tim- e and be die first lineman ever to win die Walter Camp Trophy as player of die year ka Now Knock About 37 Of! 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