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…

Recent rulings from the Maryland Racing Commission: “Trainer Darren Ferrell was the trainer of the horse Torrone Hanover in the 4th race at Rosecroft Jan 22. Post-race analysis of urine sample taken from [horse] identified the presence of O-desmethyltramadol, an active metabolite of tramadol.” Tramadol, for those who may not know, is an opioid painkiller.…