horrible question re: fatal breakdowns

[TBforME]

I was just reading the Ruffian thread and it conjured up and image I had long repressed. I honestly do not know what year it was, but I want to say 80's. I was watching a race on TV (do not remember which one) but I do know it was a major one. As my memory serves me, it was a dark gray horse coming around final turn when a foreleg snapped literally in half. It was gruesome. Honestly, I know this sounds like the Go For Wand race (except I know she was not gray), but for some reason, I remember this as a dark gray horse.

Can anyone think of any other major televised breakdowns that could have happened in the 80's?

I may be just thinking of the Go For Wand race and not getting all the details right due to hardly being able to watch it was so horrific.

[Lucy]

The only one that springs to mind for me is Izvestia....but that was the very early 90's, and as I recall he broke down behind.

[Richard]

Cyowa Cowboy @ Aquaduct inner dirt excellent horse

Mr. Baileys @ Gulf, in Breeders Cup on turf

[summerhorse]

When Holy Bull broke down it certainly looked like it was going to be a bad one but luckily it wasn't catastrophic but the way he pulled up sure looked like a Ruffian'esque injury.

One of the worst besides Go For Wand and Ruffian I ever saw was timely Writer (took out two other horses, one Johnny Dance died, one recovered), there was a grey filly near the lead in that one, Christmas Past; and Roving Boy. Roving Boy particularly sad because the horse was a champion 2 yo, I don't know why they even brought him back, he could have gone to stud at 3 (or 4 if he was injured too late).

[parsixfarms]

Timely Writer in the 1982 Jockey Club Gold Cup.