The following horses were injured during races last week and had to be carted off the track by ambulance. While their fates remain unknown at this time, we will eventually get death confirmations on many, if not most, through our FOIA reporting.
El de Josue at Parx
Priscilla’s Cove at Presque Isle
Sweet Duchess at Albuquerque
Sainthoodforbrian at Delaware
Big Red Rocks at Mountaineer
A Fabulous Delight at Albuquerque
Five Hundred at Belterra
The J Factor at Hawthorne
Rollin All the Way at Thistledown
Ima Hotlips Houlihan at Arapahoe
Bam Bam at Aqueduct
Lunar Event at Belterra
Autumns Strong Man at Delaware
Poggibonsi at Laurel
Midnight Heiress at Meadowlands
Gabbie at Albuquerque
Original at Fresno
Globes at Gulfstream
Jess Might Get It at Los Alamitos
Moon Shades at Albuquerque
Icon Doit at Prairie
The following, while not reported as ambulanced off, had these notes:
Mass Appeal “in distress, DNF” at Finger Lakes
Trap Line “bled” (pulmonary hemorrhage) at Churchill
Lithica “bled” (pulmonary hemorrhage) at Presque Isle
Bella Queen “injured herself in starting gate” at Parx
Apparently there is a very small minority in America who have a healthy and active conscience. So, if John and Sue public citizen by majority have put their conscience into the precincts of a closet labelled “No longer Needed” maybe a jolt to why they are losing so many tax dollars to Uncle Sam in their pay checks might move their apathy to the garbage bin.
Gambling contributes to increased public debt – 20% of sports bettors have been or are in debt. Billions are spent annually on public health issues such as Suicide, Alcohol Misuse, Drug Addictions, Increased Crime, Homelessness, are all linked back to gambling – a pastime that puts average Americans into societal debt and steals money from their families and destroys human lives as well. Perhaps a few posters indicating why gambling has to be considered a vice and too expensive for wage earners to support (placed in strategic places such as supermarkets, libraries, colleges, might jolt their conscience back into the dance of life).