As reported on our Weekly List, the 2-year-old filly Jess Chantal Perry “fell” and was subsequently “vanned off” at Lone Star Saturday. Here is how that looked:
Same day, 3-year-old Kj Henry B, said the chart, “bled and fell after the wire” at Zia, then was “loaded on the equine ambulance to be evaluated.” For those who may be new to this site, “bled” means the horse experienced pulmonary hemorrhage manifested through the nostrils. And just imagine, this poor boy was being whipped while that bleeding was occurring. It’s evil, folks. (I will update on both as soon as I have more information.)
Nancy,
If these answers were published in the major news headlines, it would help draw attention to the reasons why subsidies to horseracing should be terminated, in my opinion. As it is, I don’t think enough people know the reality of the constant cruelty to racehorses on a daily basis for a shift in public policy to occur within the next five to ten years regarding termination of subsidizing horseracing. It appears that there are too many politicians turning a blind eye to the illegal activities in the racing industry and all the various forms of cruelty to racehorses. They can use the excuse that HISA is handling it.
Another question is how low does the population of horses bred for racing have to be to make it impossible for the race tracks to fill a card? I don’t know the answer to this question.
Wanda, we already know the answer to your inquiries. We need to now focus on getting rid of the subsidies and focusing on using those monies to a better cause. I know you feel the same way.
Die-hard racing fans who are aware of the fatal injuries in racehorses would most likely not care one iota about these horses dropping due to broken bones during the races.
In the past, I have heard of some people choosing a horse to place a bet on by the color of the horse, which obviously has nothing to do with form or physical fitness or anything that determines whether or not a horse can actually cross the finish line first, second or third; that would include the trainers and others injecting their charges with illegal milkshakes, pain-killing drugs and performance enhancing substances.
These types of racing fans, I believe, would be more apt to be shocked and horrified by seeing these horses go down during a race, and also to learn that these types of injuries or break downs occur every week in horse racing.
I wonder how many of the jockeys are using buzzers? Also, how many of those jockeys are buzzing the horses in the starting gate to make the horse jump out of the starting gate faster?
Every time we see these poor horses just drop reminds us of all the devastating falls at our now thankfully redeveloped track, Portland Meadows. This industry is declining!We`re privy to some info about how the industry participants are becoming very worried about declining participation within the industry despite all the handouts & subsidies from various states programs. Economics will kill this industry in most states with the only possible exception of Kentucky.