Horse trained by Bob Baffert euthanized ahead of the Preakness

A equine of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was euthanized astatine Pimlico Race Course successful Baltimore connected the undercard of Saturday's Preakness Stakes.

Havnameltdown, a 4-5 favourite successful the sixth race, broke down and threw jockey Luis Saez astatine the apical of the stretch.

"Unfortunately Havnameltdown went atrocious astatine the apical of the stretch," way veterinarian Scott Hay told TVG. "He sustained a existent terrible wounded of his near beforehand ankle. It was conscionable to specified an grade that determination was it was fundamentally intolerable to transport him. They had to euthanize him humanely connected the grounds immediately."

The colt's euthanization comes successful the aftermath of a drawstring of equine deaths starring up to the Kentucky Derby earlier this period astatine Churchill Downs.

Eight horses died in a small much than a week astatine the famed Louisville course, raising concerns astir the sport's treatments of its animals.