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Originally Posted by Arletta
4 yr old Socialbug 
According to the Daily Racing Form’s Marty McGee, Napravnik was riding Socialbug, a 4-year-old Bob Baffert trainee owned by Mike Rutherford. filly broke down at the sixteenth pole and unseated the rider. Socialbug, a half-sister to champion Midnight Lute, was euthanized due to injury.
Per McGee, from information received from Napravnik’s husband, Joe Sharp, x-rays were taken of her shoulder, but the nature of the injury is still unknown. According to Jennie Rees of The Louisville Courier-Journal, Napravnik was taken to University Hospital. |
Sad for any horse, but I was particularly sad with this one. She was in my stable mail and had just gotten her first graded stakes placing. I was looking forward to seeing her develop. A nice filly with some really nice breeding, by Curlin out of the dam of Midnight Lute.