“Luck” Ran Old, Unfit, Drugged Horses, Says Necropsy Report « Straight from the Horse's Heart

“Luck” Ran Old, Unfit, Drugged Horses, Says Necropsy Report « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Outlaw Yodeler hadn’t raced much, was suffering from severe pain and inflammation and had been given strong pain-killing drugs. Marc’s Shadow was arthritic and hadn’t been raced in four years. Still, both horses were run twice daily during racing sequences to shoot “Luck,” the now canceled HBO series; both suffered explosive fractures; and both were euthanized.