Through a FOIA request to the California Horse Racing Board, I have obtained the following details on some of that state’s kills last year (previous installments here).
To Err, Oct 6, Los Alamitos T
“Complete, displaced, highly comminuted fracture; incomplete tears of several adjacent muscles; complete tear of ligament; severe, regionally-extensive hemorrhage.” Then this, listed as an “incidental finding”: “multiple stomach ulcers.” To Err was 19 months old. 19 months. What more can I say?
Cyber Warfare, Nov 21, Los Alamitos S
“Severe necrohemorrhagic typhlocolitis with progression to endotoxemia.” And: “multiple white roundworms were present within the intestinal tract.” Cyber was two years old.
Touchdown Kittle, Dec 19, Pleasanton T (euth Dec 25)
“Horse fell on Dec 19 and was acutely lame. This morning [Dec 25], found down in stall, unable to ambulate. Due to grave prognosis, horse was euthanized.” Final findings: “[multiple: I counted four] catastrophic pelvis fractures; complete symphysis pubis dislocation.” Touchdown was four years old.
Contrary Gig, Dec 30, Pleasanton S
“Mesenteric rent with segmental jejunal and ileal volvulus; intestinal incarceration; severe, acute segmental and mural hemorrhagic enteritis.” Contrary was two years old.
Those poor, poor horses.
TO ERR was deliberately abused to death. It is a well-known fact that any colt or filly this young is not mature enough to handle the rigorous demands of racing or being trained for racing.
Ed Allred and his cohorts should be behind bars for violations of the Animal Welfare laws of the State of California.
Ed Allred may or may not have owned this 19-month-old but he owns the meat-grinder racetrack where they abuse horses on a daily routine basis. Also, he has deliberately put who-knows-how-many young and underdeveloped colts’ & fillies’ lives at risk of fatal injuries and killed them.
RIP