The CHRB says Less Is More died while training at Santa Anita yesterday. As they categorized this as “non-musculoskeletal,” it is almost certain that the 3-year-old, Doug O’Neill-trained filly suffered a “sudden death” of one kind or another (we’ll get the details with our FOIA). For California, this is kill #60 on the year – and there has been zero racing in the northern part of the state.
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RIP, Less is More!
I believe that Louisiana would welcome Rudy Rodriguez with open arms and let him dope horses excessively as in “Law? What law?! We don’t need no stinking law!”
Rudy Rodriguez has already been provisionally suspended by HISA, pending a final verdict. It seems unlikely that he’s going to be able to reverse the ruling. It’s only a matter of how long and how big a fine.
HISA cited 16 horses that were placed on the vet’s list that did not receive documented vet follow-up care. One horse was shipped to Ohio, four got shipped to Mountaineer, and four died including the horse Heavyweight Champs in an breakdown that seriously injured jockey Dylan Davis.
If it’s a long enough suspension, there’s always West Virginia, Louisiana or Texas for Rudy.
Marie, I think it is a question of “How many horses do you have to kill to be investigated by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority?”
Maybe more important to HISA is when a trainer has a horse or multiple horses on the Vet’s List and the trainer drops the ball and does absolutely nothing to provide immediate veterinary care and treatment of horses that are obviously suffering from racing and training inflicted injuries and lameness. That is one of the things Rudy Rodriguez has done; he neglected to provide immediate veterinary care and treatment of an injured and lame horse for two days following the horse’s last race.
The injured horse stood unattended in his stall while lame and needing immediate veterinary care and treatment. The need for immediate veterinary care and treatment was obvious; the horse had been put on the Vet’s List as well.
What does it take to get a licensed trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses to actually take care of the horses he is responsible for? How is it possible that the State Racing Commissions don’t do anything to hold these “licensed trainers” accountable? This is a telling factor of the sadistic nature of horse racing that not even the racing commissioners and stewards will hold serious abusers accountable in a way that changes anything significantly.
Has Doug O’Neill purposely and knowingly refused to get immediate veterinary care and treatment of horses that were put on the Vet’s List? This is aside from the number of horses that have died or were euthanized under O’Neill’s care.
I would very much like to have access to the toxicology reports of horses exploited by these trainers!
Well HISA is finally looking into Rudy Rodriguez for horse deaths and neglect, how long before Drug O’Neill finally pops up on their radar??