Meadows driver unseated in accident
Many horses that race at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows were treated in the last five years at Amulet Equine Rehabilitation and Conditioning Center in Belle Vernon. Horse trainers and personnel will need to find a new treatment center because Amulet is closing done.
Driver Mike Wilder was taken to a local hospital following a three-horse accident Saturday at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
The incident happened during Race 3 and involved horses driven by Wilder, Hunter Myers and Dave Palone. Wilder was unseated from his horse, Battleshoe Hart. According to a news release from the track, Wilder was briefly unconscious while prone on the track before being LifeFlighted to a Pittsburgh hospital for observation and testing.
Palone and Myers were uninjured and completed their day’s assignments, but Battleshoe Hart was euthanized on the track.