Race Horse Lake Texoma is dead!
The horse, which belonged to the L & B Stables, suffered a broken left front leg while training at Ellis Thomas Downs Race Track earlier this morning, and about an hour ago was put down and buried in Sea Cows Bay, Tortola, in close proximity to the track.
Lake Texoma was the lone Tortola horse slated to take part in the Ellis Thomas Memorial Race and final race on the August 7, 2012 race card.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Virgin Islands News Online this morning from the track, owner Letty Hodge was in a state of shock and described the tragedy as devastating for her.
“As a horse lover I can scream at the top of my lungs, but I have to be strong because I have other horses and don’t want the sport to go down,” Mrs. Hodge said.
According to Mrs. Hodge, Lake Texoma had suffered from some illnesses more than a year ago but hasn't had a problem for over a year and is a major loss for her.
“Lake Texoma is a major loss, we never had a problem over the past year, he finally got better, and he was flying this morning and for him to go down like that to me was devastating.”
Meanwhile, efforts were made to solicit comments from President of the Virgin Islands Horseowners’ Association Lesmore Smith but were futile up to publication time.
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