The CHRB reports that a horse was killed Saturday at Los Alamitos – that would be the fourth in three days there (not including the six who died Oct 2 and 3 of EIA) – “musculoskeletal,” they say. The horse in question was so young, he/she didn’t have a name yet. In fact, the Board notes, he/she was a yearling – that’s right, just one year old.
On another note, the chart for the 8th at Grants Pass last night says that Grammy Winner “stumbled in upper stretch [and] fell.” Then this: “The stewards looked at the spill and assigned no blame.” Yup, no blame at all. No word yet on the 3-year-old’s fate.
Racing officials at Los Alamitos Horse Hell can’t even decide what breed this poor baby was. CHRB first had him/her listed as a Thoroughbred, and now they’ve apparently changed their minds: “Er, scratch that…s/he was a Quarter Horse.”
Oh, and judging by the victim’s unofficial name, “To Err,” I’m guessing he/she belonged to Ol’ Ed Allred himself. (To err is human, after all. To butcher, though, is pure Doc Allred.)
I can’t say what I am truly thinking about the depravity and ineptness of the people who ride yearlings for racing. I can’t say what I’m thinking about what I think should be done to the whole bunch of thugs in this industry because it’ll be too many expletives.
There is no way that honestly true horsemen and horsewomen would ever do that to a yearling.
I’m assuming the colt or the filly was about 18 months old.
There is no good reason for a colt or a filly this young to be at a racetrack at all. The whole industry is depraved and I hope they hang themselves with their own rope sooner rather than later!