The following horses were scratched by the regulatory vet (i.e., their exploiters had every intention of racing them) at Ellis over just 4 days (Jul 13-20) for being “unsound”:
Heartbeat
Windtalker
Nine Ball
Statler Inn
Uncle Shaw
Underhill’s Tab
Alston
Sun Thunder
Trail of Roses
And these horses were scratched by private vets for either “illness” or “injury”:
Cause Ima Boss
Golden Goal
Major League
Tall Boy
Easy Munnings
Frankie’s Boy
Flaming Mama
Jungle Cat
National Eclipse
Super Maxima
Balsa
Barksdale
Cowan
Get Her Number
Cowgirl Chic
Tiger Moon
Gearing Up
And the “claims” – that would be sales – of the following were voided when the horses in question finished their races physically compromised in one way or another:
Iceatude
Mula
Golden Glider
And finally, these from the stewards:
“Scythia was injured in the paddock and scratched.”
“Gucci Gammy returned lame and required the horse ambulance.” (The chart simply said, “eased.”)
This, too, is horseracing.
These trainers seem to be hell-bent on sending their unsound, sick and injured horses out to die on the racetrack. This is Animal Cruelty.