First, the facts:
Holding Aces was born (made) on April 4, 2012. His first race came in September 2015. He “won,” earning $22,920 for his first set of “connections,” trainer Wayne Catalano and owners Gary and Mary West. Four more races followed for this team and then Jason Servis (yes, that Jason Servis) came on as trainer for two races. He was then sold by the Wests. In all, they (and the two trainers) banked $41,680 on Holding.
Holding, as a “yearling”:
On December 17, 2016, Holding was raced for the first time by trainer Domenick Schettino and an ownership group led by Salvatore Como. He finished 2nd, winning $6,800 for his people. Prior to that race, however, he was sold again – new trainer, Chris Englehart; new owner, Island Wind Racing; 12 races followed, with Holding earning $69,540 for them. Then, sold again.
On March 31, 2018, Holding finished 1st in his first race under trainer Randi Persaud (yes, that Randi Persaud) and owner Guyana Rocky LLC – payday, $33,000. In August, a new trainer, Otis Henry. A few races later, it was back to Persaud. At this point, Holding was consistently finishing far back, but because he was being raced at racino tracks, he was still bringing in cash. In December, Guyana changes trainers again. Enter Joey Martinez. This is the pairing that would have Holding till the end.
On April 11, 2019, Holding finished 6th, almost 18 lengths back in a cheap “claiming” race (“For Sale” at $4,000 prior to). It was to be his final race. Adding the $54,070 for Guyana (and their three trainers), Holding grossed $172,090 for the various human beings who had used him. You would think he had earned a peaceful retirement ambling about in an open pasture. Alas, not from these people, not from this industry.
In September – just five months after his final race – Holding Aces was found in a kill pen. Yes, this “athlete,” so recently cheered and celebrated by “connections” and “fans” alike, was headed to equine hell – the slaughterhouse. Here was his condition…
Holding was rescued from that pen. One report said this: “His feet were rotted [and] three were abscessing badly,” and he had “advanced laminitis” (perhaps the most painful equine affliction there is). And now, if you dare, imagine that this animal, in this state, was to be shipped (a horror unto itself), shot, shackled, hung upside down, slashed, bled out, and butchered. Regrettably, less than two weeks after rescue, Holding was euthanized, his unfathomable suffering at last at an end.
Horses are, of course, fully sentient beings – intelligent, aware, sensitive, loving, affectionate, the capacity (and desire) for pleasure, the capacity for (and aversion to) pain. To do what these people – including all of the named herein, and, of course, whoever dumped him at auction and left him to waste away in unspeakable terror and agony thereafter – did to this poor, poor soul is nothing short of evil. Evil.
This is absolutely horrifying. What kind of person does this? Evil
i agree
i agree100%
Absolute mongrel human beings
STOP RACING HORSES STOP CRUELTY
No one is going to “back off” to pure ignorance and cover ups from unprofessional stupid animal abusing people! The time is NOW for transparency in all of this, time to speak up for these innocent horses! Joanna
I fucking hate this! What is wrong with people who do this to horses!!! They belong in prison , for life!! This cruelty makes me so so so SICK inside!
Evil hopefully shall follow these greedy mongrels to their last greedy breath.
I cried while reading this.
All the owners who used and sold him
on ; knew what would happen to him
eventually.
Depraved indifference.
Have these people never ever suffered
pain themselves ? that they have no
idea of what it feels like to this horse ?
You KNEW horses died on the track. Right from the start. Be a man and admit your regrets. You KNEW that so many who lived were injured for life. Unless you were deaf, dumb and blind for those years.
You met scum of the earth owners, trainers, vets. Don’t say you didn’t. But you kept on going.
That’s all I ask. Honesty.
We all have regrets. The question is are you going to admit to them?
What matters now is what you do with what you knew and saw.
That is a cruel horrible thing to do to such a precious soul
All of the men involved with this poor animal previously, before its ultimate death are what you call pure evil. I only wish they could endure and feel what these poor innocent animals go through…
Don, you must not be too busy transporting racehorses from the slaughterhouse to their forever homes because there are little to no homes available and hasn’t been for a long, long time.
So many agree with you, AM — I know some, after learning of the horror, who were left bawling and heaving and hurling — THIS SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED — these are depraved KILLERS who are walking around freely making money off sadistic cruelty to Animals — WHO are the Overseers ensuring Horses get treated properly? — this evil Industry MUST BE SHUT DOWN.
There are NO WORDS — such depravity — I wish someone would’ve spotted him sooner — I cannot believe, armed with all this knowledge, these MONSTERS continue with their heinous crimes against RACEHORSES – SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG – SHUT DOWN this sadistic, heinous industry FOREVER.
What selfish and heartless useless humans.
Wanda – I’m glad I’m in good company, and yes, I will ALWAYS keep on keeping on!
Patrick – I can’t apologize for feeling as I do about those wretched people. They deserve what they deserve.
Yes, “shame” on these people but these people will never feel shame or feel sorry for what was done to this captive helpless victim of obscene cruelty. These people have no conscience otherwise they would not be in racing, the business of animal cruelty, torture and slaughter.
Holding Aces deserved better than this. No OTTB deserves this horrible animal abuse. This breaks my heart, shame on his owners who did this to him.
I agree 100%. Horses used in racing and rodeos end up being sold into the slaughter pipeline, if they survive the torture of racing or rodeo.
#endhorseracing
Horse racing and Rodeos should be banned forever.
Despise horse and dog racing. Be human and open your eyes people. Help the retired racing animals please.
Stop horse racing needs to be illegal!
All you have to do is go to the government or your deputy get all together and stop horse racing make it unlawful in your country and we should do it in every country. I will gladly sign on this petition. Am very much against people making money on the back of animals by abusing them, like running, etc…
Her comment was stricken for wishing people slow, painful deaths. Yes, unacceptable. We must be better than them.
abs314,
Join the club, so to speak. You are not the only commenter who has voiced their outrage in a way that is evidently unacceptable to this blog site and had it removed. Keep on keeping on my horse loving friend!
#endhorseracing
I think it’s amazing that MY comment wishing that the vile owners and trainers should have to spend their ill-gotten money on cancer treatment was removed when those miserable bastards did this to a horse and get away with it.
If you are helping to fight this issue and on the same side now, why are you angry at US?????
While not everyone is able to actively rescue a horse, just by calling attention to what happens to these animals and focusing on the cruelties of racing is a service and call to action.
And I also don’t see any way that you were ever a part of this industry and DIDN’T know what was happening.
While I’m glad you are helping these horses now, your anger is misplaced – you should be mad at the people who are doing the abusing, not the people who are trying to stop it.
Don Williams,
I was going to ask you if you have a Department Of Transportation number because I was assuming that you already have a truck. However, I clicked on your name in blue and it actually went to a real website which does not always happen, including my name.
I read your Facebook page and it sounds like you have had your share of hardships as many people have had. I have read comments on Facebook of that problem of people wanting to rescue a horse from the kill pen and they say they have land and such but can’t afford the transport from one state to another state.
Excuse me?? You back off, sir! Who’s acting holier than thou here? You have no idea how many times this article has been shared, how many donations it may have generated, discussions with friends & family. Not everyone can afford to do what you’re fortunate enough to be doing! Saving, hauling, feeding, vetting, are expensive endeavors! Not to mention the land for stall, paddock and pasture space. Get off YOUR high horse!
Racing of all animals should be banned asap. Humans are good sprinters and love to race. Betting can be done on humans’ races.
BACK OFF!!!
Some of us didn’t know what was really happening. I, for one, am one of the world’s biggest animal lovers, and I worked the racing circuit for 4 years. I saw a few examples of abuse, but it was the exception, not the rule.
It’s been over 20 years since I last worked on the backside, and I am just now discovering the full story of what was going on behind the scenes.
Today, I have a volunteer service that transports kill pen equine to their forever homes and I fight against equine slaughter with everything at my disposal.
So don’t act Holier Than Thou!
What the hell are you doing to help horses escape the slaughter-house pipeline of equine hell, besides setting on your fat ass and cursing other people ( whom may, or may not be aware of the whole situation)??????
I’m so disgusted of seeing things like this with our horses or anyone horses. These are living breathing animals Gods creatures. From the time that they are born till the time they leave and cross Over The Rainbow Bridge. The killpen on these horses should stop and they need to be rescued not destroyed. They run there hearts out on the race track whether they come in 1st – 2nd – 3rd or last. The owners should realize that they are animals and because of racing them they should never end up being destroyed. If you can get money by buying them or breeding the least you can do as the last owner before destroying them think how you would feel if you were in there place. PLEASE DO NOT DESTROY THESES HORSES! I only wish people who destroy them feel the PAIN that they go thru. It is not only the race track but people who have the horses decide they no longer need them and serve no purpose. WRONG these horses have feelings and deserve to be treated right. Just look into there eyes and you can see them looking back at you and wondering what did I do wrong for you to give up on me. I have a thoroughbred and I LOVE him very much and when I see a horse being treated very bad or killed it makes me so mad. I know that other people who love animals know what I mean. Truth animals are better then people they never hurt you. People who hurt animals have no right to decide when it is there time to kill them. Would you like someone to kill you because you don’t belong here if you were an animal. Killing of horses should stop or killing of any animals because you think you are God and it’s time for them to go – REMEMBER you will meet your maker when the time comes and see how you treated them.
And to the kind soul who rescued this poor horse and showed him the only kindness and decency he ever knew in his short, tortured life – I thank you for your compassion.
This is soooo wrong !!!
My stomach turned sick at knowing this and that humans are so selfish, inhumane, careless of the horses that make so much money for them and entertainment for those who use them and caring less of what happens to them! I asked God for the help they need to be saved from this hell they are in. Thank you for reading this and do something to help 🙏
In Nov. 2019 a law making animal cruelty a federal felony with prison sentences up to 7 years was signed.
Many starving abused horses are dumped at auctions and show up in kill
pens. But nobody is held accountable. Nobody knows who dumped the horse, where he came from or anything else…nobody knows anything…nobody asks any questions!!!
Laws are only as good as how they are enforced. But auctions and kill pens just like racing have no accountability. Why??!
Barbara Berube, yes, we need animal protection services and organizations – but the ultimate responsibility lies with those who created (breeder), acquired and used this poor horse (and the countless others like him) for fattening their own pocketbooks. THEY are who let Holding Aces down – THEY are who allowed him to get in this horrific condition – and THEY are the individuals who put him on the path to unspeakable suffering and death.
They stood proud and beaming in the “Winners’ Circle” when his labors produced a paycheck for them – where were they all when HE struggled to stand in the kill pen?
Any horse in this condition would not be strong enough to stay on their feet on a truck full of horses
. They go down and get trampled on by the other animals (whether it is horses or cattle) in the truck. This horse would have been dead before the long ride to the slaughter house would be over. His life would be over before arriving at the slaughter house. They would have had to pay someone to scrape him off the bottom of the truck bed with all of the urine and manure.
The people that did this to HOLDING ACES deserve to be in prison. They would have a better life in a lot of ways than what they did to HOLDING ACES if they did life in prison without parole.
This story with the photos was too disturbingly gut-wrenching so I put off reading the rest of it until now. Somebody has to do this reporting and searching the facts or a lot of us would not know of these individual horses.
If this story isn’t enough to turn anyone against horseracing and the industry’s inherent abuse of horses and neglect of horses, what will it take? Anyone with a conscience should not be able to look the other way and say “next” meaning next victim. The horse racing industry must be terminated from all government subsidies!!!!
💔💔💔💔💔
#endhorseracing
You’re not alone in how this affects you, Dolores – let the cruelty inflicted by this industry urge you to speak for the horses who silently endure it!
How does the racing industry justify this. This is so shameful the owners should be put in a kill pen
When I saw this I had tears im my eyes people are the animals worst enemys to animals 😢 wish I could keep him 😢 pour baby humans should go to jail for this behavior its like animals have no wrights 😒😪😔🤢🤧🤧🥵
I cant stop crying, no animal.deserves that neglect.this is animal.a use at it’s worse and those that mistreated him need to be punished.
I cant understand how and why this is happening. It is truly wrong!! Abusing , torturing any animal especially these beautiful creatures breaks my heart. This needs to change.
I don’t care what the commercials say on television. Nothing good comes from horse racing. This is a selfish money sport only benefiting humans not horses. So sad. Those who partake should be ashamed of themselves.
This has to end!! Also, horrid Rodeos!! So must sending them to either Canada or Mexico to be slaughtered! More sanctuaries need to be opened for these Beautiful, intelligent Beings can be loved, cared for & possibly rehomed to live a long cherished life, they deserve!
Sorry, I misunderstood, he was rescued but had to be put to sleep two weeks later… Very sad that they could not rescue him earlier, but for 2 weeks at least he was in good hands… Whatever I am reading about the horse races and those poor abused animals is a shamefull and odious. Does the Animal Welfare Law in the USA not include the horses?
This is heartbreaking!!!! I don’t understand that! I thought he was RESCUED? I understand “rescued” to be safe and going to a better life. Instead of being killed brutally – how can that be? Because of these ungrateful and cruel people, I am ashamed to be “human”. They discredit the word “human” and turn it into a dirty word…
This is beyond HORRIFYING! Anyone connected to this industry should have to suffer the same fate….people need to STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT when they see this happening!! Anyone who turns a “blind eye” is guilty of DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE and should be prosecuted. The laws MUST BE CHANGED!
Horrible, it must be so upsetting to be moved around so much. At least he knew kindness in his final days. Let’s hope with the internet and social media, the younger generation know about and see these things and move towards a kinder world for all animals. I hope they learn lessons from our generations despicable acts
What unspeakable apologies for human beings. Hope they lose all that money, every last cent.
Horse racing should be abolished! It is a barbaric “sport” which causes so much pain to these majestic beings!
I have no words…
there are NO words…
to describe the sadness.
How anyone with any ounce of feeling can treat a living, feeling and intelligent creature in this way is beyond my understanding. How appalling that this magnificent horse was discarded in this way as soon as he became redundant. So many stories like this so it’s not the first and I’m sure won’t be the last tragically. As things stand at present in the world of horse racing it’s hard to believe that so much money can be earned yet the horses are discarded like a piece of defunct equipment with no sense of responsibility or care to what happens to them. The industry needs to hang its head in shame and clear up its act or horse racing should be banned completely. Very hard to read this story.
HUMAN DOMINION REQUIRES HUMAN DECENCY.
And , Carolyn, the Wests are members of the “elite” in this business. They have been active in this racing for around 30 yrs with earnings of over 35 million! Yet they have to “sell” this poor horse into horse hell for a paltry $25,000 instead of retiring him. How miserly is that!!
But that is how these creeps cut their losses and stay in business. The claiming game is their salvation and the low level abusers are waiting. Everybody is happy and to hell with the horse!! And hell on earth is where the horses wind up.
These people walk away, They have washed their hands. But this dirt can’t be washed away. Their hands will always be dirty.
If only the old saying “what goes around, comes around” could be true for the humans in this industry. So very sad what is taken from the animals and never returned in care and caring.
Unless the horses are guaranteed pasture after their career is over as well as the racing industry abide by proper safety standards for the animals as well as the riders on them, it would be better if the hippodromes instead use High Octane horsepower in place of horses. Raise the checkered flags over the Kentucky Derby, over Preakness, over Churchill Downs, over Santa Anita, etc.!
Tragic business that only honors money in the pocket rather than the horse that brought that money to them. It is an evil business and needs to be banned. There is no recourse for the many horses who end up in a kill pin and then on to someones dinner dish. It is a stain on racing and those who participate.
I wish the abuse and horrors being inflicted on these innocent animals was happening to the so called ‘people’ involved in this ‘business’.
This is horribly wrong. How can this happen!? This beautiful animal to be forgotten about and disregard. These people should be punished. Somethings got to be done!!!!!
This is so heartbreaking. How could people be so cruel.
Horse racing and dog racing should both come to a complete end. The sick and evil POSs that take part in this industry do not give a crap about the animals. All they care about is money. Just like animal fighting, once the animal is not making money they deem then useless. These industries should end now!
The barbaric and monstrous treatment this horse and so many others by those named and many who remain ‘un-named’ is heartbreaking and depicts the evil which exists in what are called ‘human beings’ ! This is a horrendous and sad story repeated over and over in the ‘horse industry’, These disgusting people use horses for enertainment and of course ‘MONEY’ to be deposited in their banks and they have no regard for the pain and suffering they subject these precious, innocent and harmless horses, I will spread the word and of course, never ever watch or bet on any horse ever. Wish I was able to rescue every one of these beautiful creatures who have no voice and no choice. You people to do this over and over again & are a disgrace to the human race. One day you will pay for your abusive, and horrifice, evil torture of these horses as you burn in hell….
Stop torturing animals please
People who take part in this industry should rot in hell.
I am horrified and speechless. This is a cruel business and unacceptable. I will never watch or support horse racing in anyway ever again.
But don’t forget to add that the so-called owners and trainers absolutely LOVE their horses…..yes that’s right, they love them whilst they’re raking in the money earned off the innocent, defenseless horses and then they still ‘love’ them when they either race them to death and claim the insurance money or send them to slaughter and collect the ‘carcass money’ Yes, that’s exactly how much these fat-assed, money-grabbing, profiteering POS really love their horses…..
This really sickens me. How can any human being be so cruel???? The people involved with the racing of this horse should be prosecuted and all the money that was brought in by this poor, unsuspecting animal should be prosecuted and fined whatever the take amounted to. Every penny should be paid back and put into a fund for all the mistreated horses that have made so many of these creeps wealthy. We need to get rid of the racing of these poor loving animals. Every racetrack should be shut down for good.
You and all of us.. it’s disgusting. Bless your kind heart. Stay strong… for the horses.
May the last owner
ROT IN HELL
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
I agree with Ms Turner they should be retired to pasture and enjoy the rest of their days
Well said, Rose.
I hope that the investigation/hearing in relation to the drugging horses related charges by the FBI against SERVIS (along with Navarro & anor.) finds them guilty placing them in gaol, hopefully for a long time.
From what i’ve read, the FBI has incriminating evidence against these monsters.
SERVIS was the trainer of GARY and MARY WEST’s horse Maximum Security who won the 2019 Kentucky Derby when the racing officials immediately disqualified their horse due to the jockey’s shocking interference which nearly brought down others in the race and prevented a couple from winning. How terrifying for the horses.
MS was assisted with some MAGIC maybe?
When the FBI charged SERVIS, the WESTS were ‘shocked, ‘surprised’ and alleged they had no idea what SERVIS was doing to their horses. Please.
Then they place Maximum Security with the thickly coated with teflon Bob Baffert – speaks volumes, it really says it all.
Well, we sure know what SERVIS and the WESTS did to poor Holding Aces… R.I.P. you beautiful creature, I’m so sorry.
I had no idea when I went on a FUN Vacation to Kentucky. I went to a horse barn all excited to see the horses and take pictures. I was informed by the stable workers that the owners NEVER SEE THE HORSES. I THOUGHT HUH???? Now I know what a horrible NOT LOVED horse a RACE HORSE is. JUST A BUSINESS and they are treated like SHIT. RUINS me for EVER watching the KENTUCKY DERBY. PLEASE BOYCOTT HORSE RACING. ITS NOT FUN.
Very evil! Must be stopped!
That is cruel and inhumane treatment. It should be prosecuted. Race horses, just like any others, should be allowed to live out their days in a pleasant pasture where they are loved and cared for. There is no excuse for this despicable treAtment of animals
It’s time to end horse racing NOW!! These beautiful animals should not be tortured this way.
Shame on all the people that did this to this awesome animal.
This is HORRIFIC AND HORRENDOUS. These beautiful innocent horses are racing to save their own lives and for stupid dollar bets!!!
Unfortunately….this is real…..they don t even respect all of his efforts….cruel world….🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥I m so ashamed of humanity 😭
I agree wholeheartedly. Such a sad ending.
Once again, money trumps all else, especially kindness and compassion, right and wrong. It’s a travesty.
No animal should have to suffer this intolerable cruelty. These people should be prosecuted for this evil act. It probably will never happen because of the money that involved with these poor animals.😭😭😭
Find all the evil individuals who did this, put numbers on them and have them suffer the same fate!!
Horse racing used to be the “sport of kings” when I used to visit the beautiful Kentucky horse farms with the best care and training a horse could receive. Race horses (and all horses for that matter) are special to me and the way they are treated today is shameful, criminal and the perpetrators of those horrors described in this report should be jailed and fined, never to be near a horse again.
What?
What people do to horses and other innocent animals is beyond comprehension. Evil is the only thing that you can call this selfish, barbaric behavior.
Speechless
My God, you people are relentless, greed sadistic and unfeeling. God help you, you are evil itself!
This is exactly true. All the people who made a profit on him and used him up are losers. Unfortunately, so many losers out there. Everywhere, not just in the horse racing industry. The world is full of “winning” losers.
This a tragedy for this good horse Unfortinatwly it happens to thousands of good horses Self regulation by the horse racing industry allows this to happen over and over bc horse racing is a business for money not animal welfare American horses should not be sold and shipped for slaughter out of tge US to get around the ban on horse slaughter in the US. Federal government oversight is required to stop this! This should not happen to another horse – ever.
I can’t follow this petition anymore. It brings me too much sadness.
There is a special place in hell for animal abusers. The people who “used” this sweet creature to the point where his feet and limbs could no longer support him should be brought up on felony animal abuse. Horse-racing is hideous. I don’t know how I could be such a fan as I was for so long. I guess it’s similar to how long it took me to make the connection about eating meat. Oh, yeah, I loved animals. Just not the ones that end up as steaks, roasts, bacon and wings. May God have a very beautiful and peaceful place for all those racehorses who have been so exploited and tortured. May God deal quickly and justly with those responsible.
Surely no horse should suffer at all.
R.I.P. Holding Aces. Your horrible tortured life is over. like countless others you were doomed from the day you were foaled. What should have been the prime of your life you were, instead, reduced to a starving suffering creature destined to be trucked to slaughter. Unbelievable!
From the breeder, Alastar Thoroughbred Company LLC, that pocketed $340.000 from the sale of Holding Aces as a yearling. to Gary and Mary West who “sold” him into the downward spiral of the disgusting claiming game for $25,000 one race after he had a DNF. Then the story is so predictable as the bottom feeders enter the pitiful life of this beautiful animal.
I would like to know what happened in his DNF race and during his 5+ month hiatus as he was “patched up” to be “sold”. A $350,000 yearling goes for $25,000, after a DNF, just 1 year and 2 months into his “career”- looks like a red flag to me!
This is a question that the trainer JASON SERVIS and owners GARY and MARY WEST could answer!!! But nobody in this business will ever ask ANY QUESTIONS!!! They NEVER do!
Maybe SERVIS worked some of his MAGIC during the 5+ month hiatus so he could be raced and then dumped- you think?!
Also, he had another DNF with Englehart. The footnotes for that race were: “Dueled inside, stopped on the turn then was eased in the stretch and walked off”. Two months later, Englehart brings him back for a win – more MAGIC maybe!!! Of course Engelehart was able to dump him in his next race. And Holding Aces continued to run the gauntlet of these disgusting bottom feeders.
This scenario is only possible in a “business” riddled with corruption at every level.
Horrible. Thank God he died being for, at least
I am so sorry Holding for all the torture and misery you were put through. Every human being connected to you is evil and hope karma comes back to every one of them.
I can not think of any words. I am speechless over this horror and cruelty. All I can hope for is that there MUST be some kind of justice for any being who is forced to suffer that amount of cruelty and EVIL. Us humans must act to right these wrongs!
They will have there Day! Have to look in the mirror and pray they get empathy when hospice is needed. Well, hope not! Get what you did to these poor souls that ran there heart out for you. Karma train is coming, and it’s judgement day arrogant know it all owners and trainers!!!🐎🤔
I made myself read it. These horrors in this world go on and on.
BAN ALL HORSE RACING NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is animal abuse and these people should be punished for it.
The abuse of horses must be stopped NOW! Owners should be punished for animal cruelty and never be permitted to own any animal. Shame on them for the abuse.
Sickened but shared on my page
There was a tv show called Animal Cops a few years ago reporting from the big cities (Philadelphia,Houston, Phoenix) Besides dogs and cats , they handled abuse cases with horses and other animals
WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE NOW
Hirses are beautiful majestic creatures. It makes me vomit, to think they ate treated as poorly as cows headed for slaughter. This IS DISGUSTING and NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!
Lori k.😎🍒💕🐎
Its unfathomable this is allowed to continue in this day and age. I suppose for the evil people involved, money hungry and disgusting, its no big deal. I hope for a world one day when this evil treatment of animals comes to an end.
This story is just a example of what many horses in racing go through whether they are winners or losers as they all lose in the end. Someone should make a documentary of this horse,s life like they did for Black Fish to reach more of the public and the media. Also the Safe act: HR(961Safeguard American Horses for Food Exports) needs passed. This bill would prevent kill buyers sending horses to Canada, Mexico and overseas for food.
I constantly sent e mails to my representatives as this is still in the Department of Agriculture since3/2019. The Bureau of Land Management horse and burro annual round-ups result in many of these animals getting sold to kill buyers and have the same fate. Horse racing needs to stop not reform. The Horse racing Integrity Act is not the entire answer as many supporters like animal welfare groups believe. I want to do more but do not know what more can be done by the general public.
That’s for sure. What happened to that poor horse and all too many like him really sucks raw rotten eggs.
How can anyone do this to an innocent animal? Why are people so cruel? Seeing any animal suffer the way these “retired” race horses are forced to is horrific. How can human beings enjoy watching these poor animals waste away because of their mistreatment? They should be arrested and charged with felonies.
Absolutely unconscionable. There should he stricter (or laws in general) of the horceracing industry and the SPCA should be involved in every case.
Ban horseracing forever. This article confirms that it is 100% evil. No animal should be used, abused, and discarded like trash.
The Injustice of the Innocent & Voiceless! All animals deserve lives free from human-inflicted suffering. As the highest created being, humans have a moral obligation to be wise stewards of animals. Just because we happen to be the most powerful species on earth, we humans have the ability, but not the right, to abuse the so-called lower animals. The ends do NOT justify the means!
We all know that there is something seriously wrong with a system where the best day of an animal’s life is the day that it is finally over!
Every Living Creature deserves the Right to Live as Nature has intended.
Not only do animal victims deserve to be free from abuse and neglect, but numerous studies show a correlation between animal cruelty and violence toward people—animal cruelty impacts community safety.
If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
This is an evil act so horrible and painful against an innocent animal. How sad that the US still allows this animal abuse and killing!
There are no words for this kind of cruelty and indifference. His owners were garbage.
This is sickening and breaks my heart for this innocent soul. May Karma pay a visit to the scum responsible for the exploitation, suffering and death of this magnificent creature. Horse racing must be viewed as an illegal activity, much as dog fighting. These humans are worse than any devil, and this is the ultimate example of evil.
I simply cannot fathom the extent of this evil done by these monsters — may they rot in hell
OMG this is awful. When will people realize that most race horses are treated no better than racing greyhounds and ban this awful sport for good
Fuck the the horse racing industry and all the miserable greedy people involved how about an eye for an eye makes my heart break the way they treat these magnificent creatures I’m ashamed I was ever a fan
YOU DISGUST ME WITH YOUR DAMN RACING ON ANIMALS BACKS!
I agree! Well said! 👍😢😢😢
What this beautiful horse had to endure on this earth for all who forced on him was pure hell!! And to watch the video with Holding Aces just trying to walk brought tears to my eyes. The whole ‘sport of kings’ needs to be shut down for good, the sooner the better!! How these lowlifes sleep at night will never know, knowing KARMA will be waiting gives comfort. Rest in Peace, I am so sorry for how you were treated on this earth angel baby boy…
The same names (connections) keep surfacing and more horror stories than happy trails.
Yes, a horror, and a despicable end to these Beloved Horses. Same for “California Chrome” $$$who is now in Japan. How He ran the Kentucky Derby for His Owners! Now he is in the most Dangerous Place he could be, Japan $$$ How will his ending be?
Yes, a horror, and a despicable end to these Beloved Horses. Same for “California Chrome” $$$who is now in Japan. How He ran the Kentucky Derby for His Owners! Now he is in the most Dangerous Place he could be, Japan $$$ How will his ending be?
This is unforgivable that this poor horse suffered the way he did and what a horrible life he endured with all of these god damn losers both owners and so called trainers that know nothing about horses or racing. This poor soul deserved to be retired to live out his life in serenity not to be thrown out like garbage. OMG this horse racing is so incredibly cruel in every god damn sense of the word. Just another sad day of more racing horror to be put forth.
This Horse should hasve been ret ired to a loving home and not Killed
If this story isn’t a reason to permanently ban horse racing I don’t know what is. No horse should suffer to this extent.