Led by our indomitable Maryland coordinator (and board member) Jen Sully, HW was out in force for the Preakness Saturday. What’s more, we garnered great coverage – which, of course, amplifies our message exponentially – starting on Friday with the death of Hit Zero. Among the outlets were The Baltimore Sun (front page in Sunday’s…

The following video was put out last week by Canadian nonprofit Animal Justice. It speaks for itself. (Although the incident took place in Jul 2023, a whistleblower just recently came forward.) At the time, the victim, Scarlett’s Flower, was but four years old. She has not been raced since Sep 2024; who knows where she…

Minister Shane, a “sustained injury, transported off via ambulance” in the 5th at Santa Anita Sunday, is in fact dead. He was eight years old. George Lopez, trainer.

Despite our best efforts (thanks to all who took the action), Big Hearted Factor was indeed put to the whip last night at Miles City – two days after his most recent race, his fourth race this month (that would be May 3-17), and his 107th overall. Surprisingly, the Racing Board did get back to…