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Alex the Terror fatally injured while training

David Grening|Jan 10, 2018

Alex the Terror wins the 2017 Caixa Eletronica Stakes

Chelsea Durand/NYRA Alex the Terror won the Caixa Eletronica Stakes in 2017 when trained by John Toscano Jr.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Alex the Terror, a hard-hitting 6-year-old son of Mineshaft, sustained a fractured sesamoid in his left foreleg during a routine gallop Tuesday morning at Belmont Park and had to be euthanized, trainer Todd Pletcher confirmed Wednesday.

Pletcher had claimed Alex the Terror for $62,500 for owner Mike Repole on Sept. 30. In two subsequent starts, Alex the Terror won a second-level allowance by four lengths and finished second, beaten a neck, in the $125,000 Queens County Stakes.

“That was a tough blow,” Pletcher said of the fatal injury.

Alex the Terror won 8 races from 33 starts and earned $431,164. He was claimed five times in his career for a total of $277,500.

He raced 14 times for trainer John Toscano Jr. for whom he won the Caixa Eletronica, part of New York’s Claiming Crown Championships last April 1.

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