Jockeys Luis Saez and Javier Castellano escaped injuries during a three-horse incident during Race 8 at Gulfstream Park on Sunday while jockey Jesus Rios was taken to Aventura Hospital due to shoulder pain.
Castellano's and Rios' mounts escaped apparently unharmed, but Bo Derek, the 3-2 race favorite, had to be euthanized.
Bo Derek, with Saez aboard, raced in second behind pacesetter Love Rhapsody through the first half mile of the 7 1/2-furong maiden special weight for 3-year-olds fillies on the turf.
Roused by Saez from the three path entering the stretch, Bo Derek “went wrong”, according to the Equibase chart, and fell just before the eighth pole.
Castellano was unseated when his mount, Her Ladyship, tried to avoid the fallen filly. Rios' mount, Poshly, tripped and unseated him while also trying to avoid Bo Derek. Poshly got up and walked off the track, as did Her Ladyship, but Bo Derek was vanned off.
By Speightstown out of Wildwood Rose, by Galileo, Bo Derek was owned by WinStar Farm and Siena Farm and trained by Todd Pletcher. She was making her second lifetime start after finishing fourth in her career opener for trainer Rodolphe Brisset Oct. 30 at Churchill Downs. The $900,000 Keeneland September yearling was bred in Kentucky by John Gunther and Tanya Gunther.
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