Three years ago today, I posted the following ruling on Brevin Lupton in Oct 2023: “A video was sent to the office of the Ohio Racing Commission which shows Mr. Lupton engaging in an act of cruelty to a horse. After a hearing in the judges office…Mr. Lupton is fined $1,000 and given a 365-day…

Silk Road Smash broke down at Saratoga Harness yesterday and is dead. If a criminal charge were to be filed here (wouldn’t that be nice?), at a minimum we’d be looking at reckless equicide. Why? The conditions for this race (Gaming Commission/USTA) were rain and “sloppy.” Silk was seven; ’twas his 119th time under the…

According to the chartwriter for the 7th at Churchill Wednesday, Stormin the Beach “went wrong when suffering an injury to his left hind leg at the 5/16 [and was] transported off of the track via an equine ambulance.” That combination, “went wrong/ambulance,” almost always translates to death – and indeed it has here. Stormin was…

At Horseshoe in October: In addition to the 4 confirmed kills – Favorite Lady 123, Solo Venturi, Dark Rye, Speightsy Rival – and the 7 “vanned off,” 21 horses were scratched by the regulatory vet – i.e., their exploiters had every intention of racing them – for being “injured” or “unsound,” and another 5 by…