The NYS Gaming Commission reports that Proper Intensions was euthanized after he “experienced injury” training at Belmont Sunday. In the initial disclosure, this was classified as but an “incident” – albeit one where the rider “heard a pop.” Proper, three, was being prepped for his debut. He is the third training kill in six days at Belmont.
In the generation I grew up in it was unheard of for a horse to break two legs. This is outrageous that race horses are breaking legs in some races not one but 2 or more). These fatalities should sear the souls and conscience of the entire community of racetrackers! Apparently, the suffering and massive pain these horses endure before getting the needle doesn’t move them to remorse or grief! Unbelievable!!!!!!! I think these people need to undergo a blood test to see exactly what their DNA consists of because it obviously it is not human. Humans react to sorrow by weeping, these creeps are incapable of shedding even one tear of regret or sympathy for the victims…..has science invented a new breed of humanity?
Yes indeed Wanda it does sound like a gunshot when a horse breaks down. We saw that in the 2nd race of the last day of the meet in April of 2004. The poor mare broke both legs at the top of the stretch. We heard it all the way back at the horse peoples small viewing stand on the back stretch. That` s when we began to seriously reconsider are participation in racing after > 27 years. We quit that fall after experiencing other events in a very personal way later that May. We had galloped that mare in am. This abominable business can`t go away too fast for us.
Hearing a pop translates into a broken bone as far as I have read or seen in videos. Some say it sounds like a gunshot when the front legs of a young horse break while running at top speed with a whip-wielding rider on their back. As egregious as this is, it doesn’t stop the depraved and die-hard horse exploiters from their continued mistreatment of horses.
I’m grateful for those people who have a conscience and walk away from profiting off of the horses in this cruel industry.