The following racehorses were casualties on American tracks last week:
Monday
Aggressive Prize, Louisiana, race 5, confirmed dead
Tuesday
Sky of Grey, Mountaineer, race 3, bled
Wednesday
Thegallopingghost, Mountaineer, race 4, vanned off
Thursday
Jalouzi, Charles Town, race 2, “pulled up lame,” vanned off
Thwack, Charles Town, race 5, vanned off
The Program, Fair Grounds, race 8, confirmed dead
Friday
Run in Aruba, Calder, race 4, vanned off
Miss Da Sunrise, Fair Grounds, race 4, confirmed dead
Cammazes, Golden Gate, race 5, “returned bleeding from both nostrils”
Cellophane, Golden Gate, race 6, broke down
Bravo Romeo, Laurel, race 2, “pulled up lame,” vanned off
Direction to Pay, Tampa Bay, race 7, vanned off
Bandini Girl, Turfway, race 2, bled, DNF
Saturday
Warren’s Hopeful, Charles Town, race 9, vanned off
Zuppardos High PR, Delta, race 5, fell, DNF
Prado Cat, Gulfstream, race 6, vanned off
Holy Wildcat, Gulfstream, race 7, vanned off
D’wildbill, Mountaineer, race 1, vanned off
Diamondsontheinside, Remington, race 11, vanned off
Jack Brookshire, Remington, race 14, vanned off
Dats Dee, Sunland, race 10, vanned off
Sunday
The Fed Eased, Calder, race 3, vanned off
Sweet Basil, Fair Grounds, race 1, “pulled up in heat distress,” vanned off
Quinnkat, Gulfstream, race 9, bled
Compromising Txt, Los Alamitos, race 3, vanned off
This carnage and cruelty is given a free pass in our society and even defended by many.
This DISGUSTING industry! Mind boggling to me, the humans who hold this destruction and death as their business or hobby. Disgusting. Barbaric. And then to listen to them try to defend it.