Last week in U.S. horseracing – not including training and harness casualties.
On My Way Home “pulled up in distress, vanned off” at Presque Isle
Tulips Galore “bled” at Saratoga
Schomberg “pulled up lame after the wire” at Thistledown
Peregrino “vanned off” at Louisiana
Froggyville “vanned off” at Mountaineer
Pass the Dice “broke down” at Parx
First Bank of Papa “vanned off” at Albuquerque
Love Winning “vanned off” at Del Mar
Chatain’s Tank “vanned off” at Louisiana
Fantastic Song “vanned off” at Saratoga
Raysunett “fell midway on the turn and was euthanized” at Thistledown
Plastic Girl “fell over the fallen Raysunett” at Thistledown
Baja Bessie “vanned off” at Belterra
Glitzy “pulled up in distress, vanned off” at Delaware
Pandamonia “broke down” at Delaware
Cornerback Sack “fell, vanned off” at Presque Isle
Miss Freeze “took a bad step, vanned off” at Saratoga
Grey Glory “vanned off” at Monmouth
Mc Hottie “vanned off” at Penn
Sweetneida “bad steps, vanned off” at Saratoga – subsequently confirmed dead
Osbaldo Weapon “vanned off” (after an “impressive win”) at Albuquerque
Grc Graceful Azoom “fell, vanned off” at Albuquerque
Out of the Sky “vanned off” at Arapahoe
Crafty Me “vanned off” at Arapahoe
Bordini “bled, vanned off” at Arlington
Smiling Gambler “vanned off” at Arlington
Permian “suffered an injury, euthanized” at Arlington
Smokinisashame “vanned off” at Columbus
Forbidden Maria “vanned off” at Emerald
Nextalast “vanned off” at Fairmount
Six K Laura “fell, vanned off” at Retama
Straitouttathefunk “pulled up in distress” at Thistledown – confirmed dead
Vvr Circuit Judge “vanned off” at Wyoming
Later Dude “vanned off” at Albuquerque
Good Time Buddy “vanned off” at Emerald
Leonides Da Roma “vanned off” at Gulfstream
Expect an Entry “vanned off” at Gulfstream
Flyer Wright “vanned off” at Ruidoso
Z Yoyo Go “bled” at Santa Rosa
Blue Temptress “went wrong, vanned off” at Santa Rosa
(Chart Terms: “Broke Down” – racing-speak for dead; “Vanned Off” – required horse ambulance to get off the track; many, if not most, of these animals will resurface on my year-end FOIA kill-reports; “Bled” – usually indicates pulmonary hemorrhage)
(source: Equibase)
It just beggars belief!
why are you all doing this? these poor horses are being tortured and in a the end they are killed? stop making your money by torturing these beautiful so that you can look good it does not make you look good find another job and leave these poor horses alone. this is nothing but legal animal abuse. you should be thrown in prison fir each horse that you torture and murder
Ellen Schloss North Billerica, Ma
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