
BROKEN The Podcast-Companion Audio for BROKEN-The Suspicious Death of Alydar and the End of Horse Racing's Golden Age
One fateful November night, Alydar mysteriously broke his leg while alone in his stall at 10 pm. An insurance investigation ensued, and his injury was declared an accident. $41.5 million was paid out by Lloyds of London and Golden Eagle Insurance Company. Later the FBI would get involved and there would be two federal trials.
BROKEN, one part true-crime and one part courtroom drama, is set in the evocative history of the adrenaline-filled days of horse racing's golden age. The author interviews over 25 witnesses in order to discover the truth about the death of the magnificent racehorse and reaches an unexpected and startling conclusion.
BROKEN The Podcast-Companion Audio for BROKEN-The Suspicious Death of Alydar and the End of Horse Racing's Golden Age
BROKEN The Podcast-Companion Audio for BROKEN-The Suspicious Death of Alydar and the End of Horse Racing's Golden Age
In this episode, John Veitch, Alydar's trainer, discusses what he found out about the facts surrounding Alydar's death, and talks about the long history of the Calumet stallion barn and its occupants, including Whirlaway and Citation. Michael Coulter, Alydar's groom at the time of the incident, relates what Alton Stone, the night watchman, told him the morning after Alydar's death about where he was and how long he was gone. Coulter also details his own observations of the stall door and hardware both before and after the accident, and how Alydar fell the second time. Coulter is the only person interviewed who was an eyewitness.
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