This year's Breeder's Cup had a catastropic event, during the Classic race. In the backstretch, George Washington broke his cannon leg and both his sesamoid bones. He never looked comfortable in the wet, and they think he finally broke through the wet surface to the unforgiving surface below. His breeders were Roy and Gretchen Jackson, Barbaro's parents. His trainer was Aidan O' Brian and his jockey was Mick Kinane. Mick is shown in this photo being consoled, after George Washington was put behind screens and euthanized on the track. He has sort of a sad, short life. He was only 4 years-old, and he was a top horse from Europe. He had been in last year's Classic, where he finished 6th, and then was retired. But he was discovered to be sterile, so he was put back to racing this year. He didn't win any of his four starts this year. In his career, he won 6 of 14 races, including 4 Group I races. He earned $1,480,050 in his short time here.
