3-year-old Sicard’s Sensation was killed in the 10th race at Evangeline last night. Sicard’s connections – trainer Kelly Broussard and owner KB Racing – were chasing a purse of $13,000 in a $7,500 maiden-claiming race. Coby Bourque was aboard.
To those who wager on horseracing, we implore you to reconsider. And ultimately, you hold all the cards: no more bets, no more races; no more races, no more kills. And – no more separating foals and moms, no more forcing unformed bodies onto the track, no more stalling free-spirited animals 23 hours a day, no more whipping, no more drugging, no more doping, no more buying and selling and trading and dumping. No more auctions, no more kill buyers, no more transport trucks, no more exsanguinations. No more.
In a landscape that abounds with other gambling options – real sports involving consenting human athletes, casinos, lotteries – hasn’t the time at long last arrived to let the racing horse be? You, the horseplayer (or just the occasional bettor), have within the capacity for mercy. We ask only that you exercise it. Please. For the horses.
RIP, Sicard’s Sensation…we will not forget you.
Senseless maiming and death. PLEASE don’t bet on the horses! Please!