WRITTEN BY JANE ALLIN
Just about everyone made money off Monzante, a gelding by champion Maria’s Mon out of the stakes winning Danzante, by champion sire Danzig.
Monzante was foaled April 28, 2004, in Kentucky, and died on Saturday, July 20, 2013, five years to the day after his greatest racing triumph, in the Grade 1 Eddie Read Handicap at Del Mar.
He took his final breath after not making the course in a $4,000 claiming race at Evangeline Downs in Lafayette, La.” ~ Ray Paulick [1]
Sadly Monzante’s journey en route to the downward spiral that eventually led to his untimely death is not unprecedented in the world of Thoroughbred racing. Despite measures taken by the industry to prevent such incidents from happening there still remain flaws, particularly at the level of bottom-feeder claiming races. Of paramount concern is the failure of the racing industry to enforce…
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