Through a FOIA request to the California Horse Racing Board, I have obtained the following details on some of that state’s kills thus far this year.
Truest of True, Jan 18, Santa Anita T
“Horse was pulling up when it sustained bilateral injuries and collapsed: catastrophic fractures of the second, third, and fourth metacarpal bones – [both forelimbs].” That’s two shattered legs. All six fractures were displaced and open – through the skin. Imagine that scene. Truest was three years old and being prepped for his first race.
Stroke of Vangogh, Mar 20, Golden Gate T
“Complete, displaced, comminuted tibia fracture; complete, displaced fibula fracture; severe hemorrhage; tearing of vessels and muscle fibers.” Also: “multiple stomach ulcers.” Stroke was two years old and being prepped for her first race.
One Two Tres Aces, Apr 19, Los Alamitos S
“Horse found in morning, slight signs of colic, fever, diarrhea. Two hours after treatment, horse was in distress, seizure, pulmonary edema – died. Severe ulcers (grade 3).” One Two Tres was two years old and being prepped for his first race.
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/275730/knapp-suspended-15-days-for-soundness-exam-violation…. horseracing
“Horse found in morning, slight signs of colic, fever, diarrhea.”
What do these people mean when they use the word “slight”???
It appears that they are so cold-hearted and completely insensitive to the suffering of these horses (the suffering that they themselves inflict on the horses) that it would be more likely that they “slightly” noticed the excruciatingly painful condition of colic in a horse.
Of course, they gave the horse some kind of “treatment” and then the horse died. This is the moral depravity of human greed exploiting young horses as gambling objects.