A List of Horse Killed Since 1983
1983- Quarter dies after breaking his neck.
1984- Rusty breaks a shoulder and is euthanized; another horse is killed after a multiple-horse spill on Suicide Hill.
1985- Chester dies after breaking a leg.
1987- Peppy Hoedown is destroyed after fracturing his right front leg during a race.
1992- Horses Coors Boy and Jack Fox drown during practice for the Suicide Race.
1993- Wauseka dies after fracturing a pelvic bone.
1994- Griz is destroyed after breaking a pelvic bone.
1996- Bart Simpson fractures a knee and is euthanized.
1997- B.J. breaks a leg and is destroyed.
1998- Deuce dies after breaking his left shoulder.
1999- The Colville Confederated Tribes boycott the Omak Stampede and Suicide Race. Attendance and income lag.
2001- Elvis breaks his neck, collapses and dies during the race. Dry Grass Maverick breaks a shoulder in race and is euthanized.
2002- Un-named horse drowns in unofficial practice run. Cowboy, a horse, is euthanized after a collision at the bottom of Suicide Hill.
2003- Black Jack euthanized after a multi-horse collision at the bottom of Suicide Hill.
2004- Horses Mr. Bow and Cowboy are euthanized after a collision at the bottom of Suicide Hill. Ice Man collapses and dies in the Stampede arena.
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