Onemorandthecheck Killed at Mahoning

Onemorandthecheck’s outing at Mahoning yesterday, in the words of the chartwriter: “Onemorandthecheck gained a narrow lead, battled to the furlong marker, suffered a catastrophic injury, pulled up and was euthanized.” And that’s that. Just another beautiful, intelligent, sensitive life snuffed out for gambling. Onemor was five years old, and this was his 34th time under the whip. Among those responsible: breeder Jason Stewart, owner Infront Racing, trainer Gary Johnson, and jockey Rishawn Blanche.

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  1. What an absolutely crummy name for a horse. Clearly the one who named the horse was just thinking of how much $$ the horse could earn. We honestly don`t know why so many people engage in this “crooked, crummy, gamboling game”. Most of those participants we know of both big & small don`t earn any $$ participating in the long run. We figure they use there losses as tax deductions against other more substantive income. We won`t utilize suppliers or vendors who support or participate in racing if we can possibly avoid it. That is difficult here in Oregon due to 1 veterinary clinic who lobbies constantly to the legislature supporting racing. That clinic has a virtue monopoly on equine vet services here in Oregon by under cutting other local vets who sadly most have retired or moved to Washington state. What a crummy rider to continue forcing an injured horse over the finish line Nancy. After seeing many “breakdowns” & experiencing some ourselves, we quit in 2004 after having to ride illegally for quite some time at bull ring tracks. Lot`s of discrimination in racing if your family is not of the “club”.

  2. The replay of this race…the poor horse in first place and toward the end of the race started bobbling. It was obvious the horse was injured. He lost ground while the others surged forward. The “jockey” continued to ride this injured horse over the finish line. Disgusting and unbelievable. Then again that’s what goes on in this “sport”.

  3. Matt Hook, the announcer at Mahoning, could not have relayed OneMore’s injury any more unemotionally when calling the race. In a flat monotone, he relayed, “Onemoreandthecheck has broken down…”, like, ho hum, just another day at the office, no big deal that it was another living being that was in intense pain and who’s life was about to end.

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