Practical Move, a 3-year-old colt that was entered in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile on Saturday at Santa Anita Park, has died of what is suspected to be a cardiac event Tuesday.
Practical Move was returning from a workout on the track when the event occurred. His rider was uninjured and the horse was immediately attended to by veterinarians from the California Horse Racing Board, 1/ST Racing and Breeder’s Cup.
Practical Move last raced on Oct. 6. He won four races in a row including in the Santa Anita Derby, San Felipe Stakes and Los Alamitos Futurity.
He had five wins in his career, one second-place and two third-place finishes in eight starts and earned $923,000.
He was trained by Tim Yakteen.