Grits
11-13-2014, 01:14 PM
November 13, 1990: A champion fights to the end.
I've read Ann Hagedorn Auerbach's, The Wild Ride. I remember Tom Dixon from the book. This is not a second hand account of what happened twenty four years ago. This is the story as told by Mr.Dixon, who is now 83 years of age. He tells a different story from that of conspiracy theorists. A young Dr.Larry Bramlage operates on Alydar in an attempt to save him.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/features/alydars-final-hours-648
Tom Dixon was among the first on the scene when multiple grade I winner Alydar was found in his stall at Calumet Farm in 1990 with a broken hind leg. The insurance adjuster representing Lloyd’s of London, Dixon gave the go-ahead to euthanize Alydar two days later on Nov. 13, 1990 when the stallion fractured another bone in the same leg. Dixon became enmeshed in various investigations and court proceedings that followed the horse’s death and the bankruptcy of Calumet. From the outset, he has maintained that Alydar broke his leg as a result of kicking his stall door. Now 83, Dixon still refutes what he calls various conspiracy theories that have persisted since that night. What follows are his recollections of Alydar’s injuries, death, and the legal aftermath of a tragic occurrence.
I've read Ann Hagedorn Auerbach's, The Wild Ride. I remember Tom Dixon from the book. This is not a second hand account of what happened twenty four years ago. This is the story as told by Mr.Dixon, who is now 83 years of age. He tells a different story from that of conspiracy theorists. A young Dr.Larry Bramlage operates on Alydar in an attempt to save him.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/features/alydars-final-hours-648
Tom Dixon was among the first on the scene when multiple grade I winner Alydar was found in his stall at Calumet Farm in 1990 with a broken hind leg. The insurance adjuster representing Lloyd’s of London, Dixon gave the go-ahead to euthanize Alydar two days later on Nov. 13, 1990 when the stallion fractured another bone in the same leg. Dixon became enmeshed in various investigations and court proceedings that followed the horse’s death and the bankruptcy of Calumet. From the outset, he has maintained that Alydar broke his leg as a result of kicking his stall door. Now 83, Dixon still refutes what he calls various conspiracy theories that have persisted since that night. What follows are his recollections of Alydar’s injuries, death, and the legal aftermath of a tragic occurrence.