Zvi Kriple is a vile man who doubles as a racehorse trainer. Here is our post on him from November. Please read to the bottom. A recent HISA ruling on trainer Zvi Kriple. (I have made slight edits in the interest of brevity and clarity, including substituting Kriple for “covered person” and Royal Honey for…

The Death Toll from the fire at Saratoga Harness early this morning is, at present, 17. Here are the victims’ names and ages: Arlanda, 8 years old (had just been raced yesterday) Conquest As, 9 years old Crazy Jet, 5 years old (had just been raced yesterday) Five Star Lou, 4 years old (had just…

17 racehorses were killed in a barn fire at Saratoga Harness early Tuesday morning – a horror that is almost too great to contemplate. But while the industry and its apologists are falling all over themselves sending “prayers and condolences” to the affected exploiters – with, of course, the now-standard GoFundMe page – this must…

I have confirmed that Public Defender, a “pulled up abruptly, left track in ambulance” at Gulfstream May 16, is in fact dead. She was five years old. Her final, complicit-in-the-kill exploiters: Miller Racing, Saffie Joseph, Miguel Vasquez.