For the second straight day, a horse was killed training at Finger Lakes. Lady Mine, says the Gaming Commission, “received biaxial [multiple] sesamoid fractures to the RF limb necessitating euthanasia on the track.” Yes, the 5-year-old mare “received” her fractures; they weren’t inflicted on her. Disgusting. And that’s the state agency that oversees racing. The Commission also added, “more to follow.” Not sure what that would be – there’s never more that comes out from the NYS Gaming Commission on these deaths. Never.
Aterradora made our weekly ambulance list after being vanned off the Saratoga track Saturday. The initial reports (out of the industry) said she was going to be fine. She isn’t. In fact, she’s dead – euthanized Monday “due to her injury.” Aterradora had just turned three in May. This, by the way, is kill #10 at esteemed Saratoga thus far this summer – and we still have all of August to go.
RIP
Finally, after publishing uplifting daily reports of racing results at Saratoga, the Albany Times Union has a prominent article posted today with the grim list. Written by Alexandra Harris, the headline reads “Tracking Horse Deaths at Saratoga Race Track”, with the subheading “The number of horse deaths continues to stack each year at the track amid controversies”. Something tells me this won’t affect attendance and the amount of dollars wagered…
More (deaths) to follow, I assume, since the Commissioners are “fine” with the daily routine mistreatment of horses for racing and gambling regardless of how many horses are sacrificed for the human participants’
narcissistic and morally depraved mental state.
Finger Lakes and Saratoga are equally depraved and disgusting when it comes to Business As Usual, which is the egregious mistreatment of horses which leads to the catastrophic injuries necessitating the euthanizing of the injured horses.
How deplorable and detestable that anyone could say “It’s a paycheck.” The veterinarians are in a position to say that. All participants are there for some kind of payday at the expense of the horses’ welfare. This is animal abuse for sure and it needs to stop!