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Through a FOIA request to the Louisiana Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills on that state’s tracks last year. Please note, however, that the response (as usual) came with this: “The Louisiana Racing Commission does not track or maintain a list of deaths that occur during training hours as those are more often than not handled between the trainer and their private veterinarian.” Neither, of course, did we get stall deaths. So, the victim roll is surely much greater than the 35 reported below.

(Glossary: “comminuted”: bone shatters into several or many pieces; “open/compound”: broken bone has torn through the skin; “displaced”: ends of the snapped bone no longer align; “disarticulation”: bones are separated at the joint.)

Masonetta, Jan 2, Fair Grounds R – “[multiple] acute fractures” (chart said, “went wrong”)
Masonetta was two years old.

Get Gone, Jan 17, Louisiana R – “[multiple] acute, comminuted, displaced fractures”
Get Gone was two years old.

Spice V, Jan 24, Louisiana R – “fell – trauma” (video here)
Spice V was two years old.

Wine Not, Jan 30, Louisiana R – “fell: open tibia fracture”
Wine Not was two years old.

My Ocho, Jan 31, Fair Grounds R – “[multiple] fractures”
My Ocho was four years old.

Shut Up N Kizz Me, Jan 31, Louisiana R – “fell: severe, open, disarticulated fetlock”
Shut Up N Kizz Me was two years old.

Flying Houdini, Feb 7, Fair Grounds R – “fell: open fracture”
Flying Houdini was six years old.

Fabled Ruler, Mar 6, Fair Grounds R – “fracture” (chart said, “went wrong”)
Fabled was four years old.

Everylittlesingh, Mar 12, Fair Grounds R – “[multiple] open fractures”
Everylittlesingh was four years old.

Fast Medicine, Mar 14, Fair Grounds R – “severed tendon”
Fast Medicine was two years old.

Betsy’s All In, Apr 17, Evangeline R – “trauma”
Betsy’s was four years old.

Surf Tide, May 17, Delta R – “suspensory rupture”
Surf Tide was four years old.

Mr. Four Sevens, May 17, Evangeline R – “open, comminuted fracture”
Mr. Four was nine years old; this was his 58th race.

Cat O Mine Tails, May 23, Delta R – “fell: open, disarticulated fetlock”
Cat O Mine was five years old.

San Lorenzo Legacy, May 24, Delta R – “fell: open, comminuted fracture” (video here)
San Lorenzo was two years old; this was his second race.

Petula, May 26, Louisiana R – “[multiple] acute, displaced fractures”
Petula was five years old.

Mg La Viciosa, Jun 26, Delta R – “fell: pelvis fracture” (video here)
Mg was three years old.

Wishert, Jul 1, Louisiana R – “severe, open fetlock”
Wishert was five years old.

Proprietary Perry, Jul 11, Delta R – “[multiple] open fractures [in] gate”
Proprietary was two years old.

Father Mark, Jul 31, Evangeline R – “pulled up, transported off, euthanized”
Father Mark was five years old.

Happy Hint, Aug 16, Delta R – “[multiple] fractures”
Happy was two years old; this was her second race.

Chaste One, Sep 22, Louisiana R – “fell: severe, open, disarticulated fetlock” (video here)
Chaste was six years old.

Big Boo, Oct 15, Delta R – “[multiple] compound fractures”
Big Boo was six years old.

Puro Venenoo, Oct 31, Evangeline R – “fell: acute, displaced scapula fracture” (video here)
Puro was two years old.

Racy Stacy, Nov 1, Evangeline R – “fell past wire: [multiple] acute fractures” (video here)
Racy was two years old.

No More Business, Nov 12, Delta R – “[multiple] comminuted fractures”
No More was eight years old.

Believe N Mee, Nov 28, Evangeline R – “acute, severe, open disarticulation”
Believe was two years old.

Nova’s Return, Nov 29, Fair Grounds R – “fell after the finish: [multiple] fractures”
Nova’s was three years old.

Lets Fly Bye, Dec 3, Evangeline R – “acute humerus fracture”
Lets Fly Bye was four years old.

I Am Sizzlin, Dec 3, Evangeline R – “[multiple] acute, displaced fractures”
I Am was two years old.

Surfin Bayou, Dec 6, Fair Grounds R – “[multiple] acute fractures”
Surfin was two years old, and this was his first race.

Cajun Dance, Dec 6, Fair Grounds R (same race as above) – “multiple fractures”
Cajun was two years old, and this was his first race.

Sizzling Hottie, Dec 12, Evangeline R – “fell leaving gate: acute fracture” (video here)
Sizzling was two years old.

Auntie Row, Dec 18, Evangeline R – “fell: acute, displaced fracture” (video here)
Auntie was seven years old.

Enticing Beauty, Dec 20, Fair Grounds R – “[multiple] fractures”
Enticing was three years old.

Since Jan 1, 2014, when Horseracing Wrongs began the unprecedented work of reporting kills in the U.S. horseracing industry, 633 horses have perished on Louisiana tracks (note: LA only gives us racing kills, so the true toll is far, far greater). That’s 633 beautiful, intelligent, sensitive beings sacrificed for nothing more than $2 bets and frivolous entertainment. Are we not better than this, America?