Ocean Bay, foaled 2013, reported as killed June 9, 2020, was a Venezuelan
racehorse
Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic pr ...
known for winning two of Venezuela's three Triple Crown races in 2016. Ocean Bay sustained an injury, but the horse returned the next year to win five more races.
On June 8, 2020, an employee at the Haras farm in
Tocorón noticed that Ocean Bay was missing. Three months before, Ocean Bay's mother and six other purebred horses had been stolen and slaughtered. Ocean Bay's skeleton was found hours later near the town's jail. The nation of
Venezuela has been suffering a hunger and economic crisis since 2010.
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Venezuelan racehorses
2013 racehorse births
2020 racehorse deaths
Individual male horses
Racehorses trained in Venezuela
Sport in Venezuela
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