Source: Equine Advocates This beautiful image of rescued Thoroughbred, Freddie was taken by #EllenLynch. I mentioned Freddie’s case during my testimony yesterday. After racing 51 times, he was retrained and successfully performed on the show circuit for years, only to be discarded when he could no longer compete. […]
by James Davis as published on SentientMedia.org Trump didn’t complain about the Kentucky Derby because he cares about animals. But anything that brings attention to the fact that the Kentucky Derby is a disgrace is a good thing. On Sunday, President Donald Trump criticized the Kentucky Derby, the […]
By SALLY JENKINS as published on The Washington Post “This isn’t sport; it’s a fancied-up vice…” If there’s a moral to the 145th Kentucky Derby, it’s that you can’t take the gambling out of gambling. But try telling that to horse people, those incurable lottery addicts. The stewards […]
By Lia Eustachewich and Jennifer Gould Keil as published on The New York Post “Twenty-three thoroughbreds have died since Dec. 26 at Santa Anita Park, the California track that’s considered one of the best in the nation…” Saturday marks the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill […]
by Ryan Goldberg as published on Deadspin.com “Ace King was the first of eight horses that day to be prodded down a narrow concrete-and-metal chute to his death. A bolt was fired into his brain before he was hoisted up and his throat was cut…” Two years in […]
by Patrick Battuello as published on Horseracing Wrongs Through a FOIA request to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following deaths on that state’s tracks in 2018. The Commission, however, redacted identifying information on the basis of confidentiality (though in some cases I was able […]
By Stephen Whyno as published on NBCMiami.com Sometimes the track itself is a risk, which was believed to be a cause of 19 horse fatalities at Saratoga Race Course in 2017 and played a role at Santa Anita Linda Gaudet can’t watch the replays. Even after 47 years in […]
By Jason Henry as published on Daily News Nearly all of the horses that died at Santa Anita last year were on medication, records show… Half of the three dozen horses that died at Santa Anita Park in the 12 months prior to the current meet were on […]
Source: WKYT “2-year-old horses won’t be able to receive Lasix treatment within 24 hours of a race in 2020…” LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Major U.S. racing organizations, including Keeneland and Churchill Downs, have committed to phasing out the use of the diuretic Furosemide beginning in 2020. The announcement […]
by Horseracing Wrongs The Equibase account of the 9th at Gulfstream yesterday: “FAST TRACK KATHERN raced off the pace, driving upper stretch then taken under restraint, moved to outside and eased to wire, pulled up in distress after wire, euthanized on track.” Dead. For $2 bets, entertainment. Fast […]
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