Chart notes from U.S. Thoroughbred and Quarterhorse races last week.
Triple Espresso “loaded onto ambulance” at Delaware
Ahvee’s Mission “bled” at Finger Lakes
The Last Sheek “vanned off” at Finger Lakes
Own the Town “pulled up bleeding from the nostrils” at Thistledown
Dare to Wish “bad step, given ride in ambulance” at Louisiana
Soaracrossyourmind “vanned off” at Delta
She She’s Shadow “appeared in distress, vanned off” at Finger Lakes
Medway Queen “bad step, transported off in ambulance” at Mountaineer
Wicked Review “fell, euthanized on track” at Mountaineer
Silk Prince “transported off via ambulance” at Penn
Juulstone “loaded into ambulance” at Colonial
My Way Or No Way “taken off track on ambulance” at Colonial
Jess Back the Blue “bled, vanned off” at Delta
Rogue From the South “bled, vanned off” at Delta
Gospel Gorgeous “transported off track via ambulance” at Fair Meadows
Lastchance Romance “bled” at Penn
Miss Bigtime Chick “equine ambulance” at Retama
Slang “transported off by ambulance” at Saratoga
Old Sot “vanned off” at Evangeline
Puro Morelos Alv “equine ambulance” at Retama
Row Cowboy “bled, transported off via ambulance” at Ruidoso
Rough Daddy “transported off via ambulance” at Ruidoso
Irish Seis “transported off via ambulance” at Ruidoso
Music Amore “vanned off” at Delaware
Jess Corona Blue “bled, vanned off” at Delta
Fletch My Alcohol “bled, vanned off” at Delta
San Lorenzo Jezz “vanned off” at Delta
Western Command “found to have bled” at Ellis
Viable “went wrong, taken off track in ambulance” at Ellis
Jackson’s Webb “transported off track in ambulance” at Gulfstream
Cj Tempting Piloto “transported off track via ambulance” at Ruidoso
Samburu “suffered apparent heatstroke on track” at Saratoga
Asleep At Eight “transported off course via ambulance” at Saratoga
Ghost of Genevieve “taken off track in ambulance” at Canterbury
Malibu S S “hit rail, did not finish” at Lone Star
Toodaloo Y’all “vanned off” at North Dakota
Suzys Cowboy “hit rail, did not finish” at Ruidoso
Impulsive Eagle “transported off track via ambulance” at Ruidoso
“Vanned Off/Ambulance”: While not all these horses end up dead, most do, as borne out by our subsequent reporting. “Bled”: pulmonary hemorrhage.
All of these horses had to SUFFER a great deal at the hands of greedy people being selfish and putting their own vile interests above the best interests of the horses.
All of these horses represent untold SUFFERING. Thousands of horses are SUFFERING every day from racing induced and racing related injuries and from the “lifestyle” of being treated like a commodity.
There are horses that were entered in a race and scratched from the official list of starters in a race, so we don’t have a complete list of the horses SUFFERING with injuries and various other types of SUFFERING that has been inflicted upon them by their owners and trainers and racetrack workers.
It is despicable to willfully cause SUFFERING to the horses in the pursuit of a so-called dream.
My belief is that “Big Pharma” makes MILLIONS of dollars annually off of the drugs manufactured and sold to the industry that caters to the people who callously exploit horses; who callously subject their horses to abuse in various forms; who callously inflict SUFFERING on the horses.