Through a “Public Records Act” request, I have confirmed the following 14 raceday kills (the Commission did not forward training deaths, so this list is far from complete) at Louisiana’s Fair Grounds in 2014:
3-year-old Aunt Meanie, January 1, Fair Grounds 9, “fracture distal limb”
3-year-old Classic Ford, January 4, Fair Grounds 10, “fracture fetlock”
2-year-old Top Data, January 20, Fair Grounds 9, “acute fracture”
3-year-old Hickissippi, January 23, Fair Grounds 10, “open fracture”
3-year-old Warrior’s Image, February 1, Fair Grounds 9, “acute fracture”
chart merely said “went wrong, vanned off”
3-year-old Astronomer, February 17, Fair Grounds 1, “open fracture”
6-year-old The Program, March 6, Fair Grounds 8, “fracture”
2-year-old Miss Da Sunrise, March 7, Fair Grounds 4, “fracture”
9-year-old Coppers Fit, September 5, Fair Grounds 6, “acute fracture”
chart said finished fine
2-year-old Game Obsession, September 5, Fair Grounds 7, “open displaced fracture”
chart merely said “fell”
4-year-old Oh Juliet, December 21, Fair Grounds 5, “open acute compound fracture”
3-year-old Wide Eyed Ide, December 29, Fair Grounds 5, “displaced slab fracture”
chart merely said “pulled up, vanned off”
3-year-old Four Lakes, December 31, Fair Grounds 3, “compound fracture distal limb”
chart merely said “pulled up, vanned off”
2-year-old Exit West, December 31, Fair Grounds 5, “compound fracture distal limb”
chart merely said “went wrong, pulled up, vanned off”
Thank you for the links, Carolyn. Reading what excessive amounts of Cobalt does to horses was devastating.
http://www.thehorse.com/articles/35541/rmtc-board-approves-cobalt-threshold?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=health-news&utm_campaign=03-31-2015
The above link refers to a recent Cobalt drug decision.
A warning for the first offence? Fines? As if that’s going to be any kind of a deterrent.
Deliberately ineffective, I suspect – what a joke!
These people are seriously incompetent and failing in their duty of care to its number one participant, the horse. UTTERLY SHAMEFUL!
For anyone who is unaware of the affect on a horse when injected with the drug Cobalt and would like to know, may I suggest you read the following link –
http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/shared_content.cfm?id=1737
Ms. Moss just received a wonderful honor at this hell hole track. It was announced that she was “Owner of the Year”. I wonder if Moss knows about ALL the horses, at her beloved track, that died in the dirt so that she, and her colleagues, could experience the “thrill” of horseracing. No, I don’t think so. I think Moss is totally detached from the atrocities in racing. Perhaps she loves the money, and the accolades, more than the horses. Not surprising, at all!