More of the obscenity that is horseracing subsidization…
Parx, again, is a racino, with slots money not only jacking up overall purses but also allowing first-last payouts. Here’s what that looked like Wednesday:
race 1:
Alonzo Mosely finished 19.75 lengths back; his exploiters – Leslye Bouchard, et al. – took home $2,420. Hornswoggle finished 19.75 lengths back; his exploiters – Michael Dini, et al. – took home $1,320. Rockin Freebee finished 25 lengths back; his exploiters – Josefina Cadena, Alexis Romero – took home $660. Don’t Recall finished 34.75 lengths back; his exploiters – Juan Polanco, Janet Polachek – took home $250.
race 2:
Pearlbdancing finished 21 lengths back; her exploiters – Nelson Berberena, Jordan Bullock – took home $250. Mazal Eighteen finished 24.25 lengths back; her exploiters – Carlos Soto, et al. – took home $250.
race 4:
Henrythethird finished 16.75 lengths back; his exploiters – Elliott Soto-Martinez, et al. – took home $250.
race 5:
Ghostinyou finished 16 lengths back; his exploiters – Matthew Self, Jennifer Quinones – took home $1,620.
race 6:
Aruma finished 16.75 lengths back; her exploiters – Hector Padilla, Ernesto Padilla-Preciado – took home $250.
race 7:
Scoop Dawg finished 16 lengths back; his exploiters – Mildred Cardona, Jose Gonzalez-Milian – took home $900. Brasstown finished 31.75 lengths back; his exploiters – Jorge Delgado, et al. – took home $250.
race 8:
Speightster’s Gold finished 16.75 lengths back; her exploiters – Guadalupe Guerrero, et al. – took home $4,158. Moonchild finished 24.25 lengths back; her exploiters – Michael Catalano, et al. – took home $1,620. Tomarie finished 26.5 lengths back; her exploiters – Leslye Bouchard, et al. – took home $810. Annika Gold finished 32.75 lengths back; her exploiters – Roslyn Davis, Ricardo Bailey – took home $250. Tribord finished 34 lengths back; her exploiters – Scott Lake, et al. – took home $250. Wonder City finished 36.25 lengths back; her exploiters – James Aguilar-Juarez, Jorge Diaz – took home $250.
race 9:
Pachelbel finished 19.5 lengths back; her exploiters – John Servis, et al. – took home $5,500. Titanic Rose finished 26.25 lengths back; her exploiter – Ernesto Padilla-Preciado – took home $3,000.
race 10:
One Slick Start finished 24.25 lengths back; his exploiters – Michael Catalano, et al. – took home $250.
Government subsidized animal cruelty is an abomination.
Agree. And I think that this ability to have first–last payouts is creating a cesspool of suffering for those poor horses at the bottom who now will just be run until they drop–literally!
Yes, the incentive to some people to keep their horses at the track and race them for as little as a $250 purse is enough to motivate some people evidently.
The alternative (slaughterhouses) for many horses is very ugly as well. If only more people in racing could have a sudden attack of guilt for what they are doing to horses and do something decent instead.
Jorge Delgado at it again. Guess killing 3 horses, including New York Thunder, in the last month, hasn’t been enough, now he’s working on killing Brasstown.
Does the general public know or even care what cruelty their taxes support?
I think a lot of people would rather just be willfully ignorant of the horrors of horse racing so they don’t have any culpability. It’s also rather disgusting that the abuse and torture on the track is even accepted by much of the equine community in general – with the excuse of “ that’s just horse racing”.