According to the chart, 3-year-old Shake of the Reins “took a bad step, fell” and was eventually carted away in the 2nd at Evangeline last evening. Here is how it looked:
“A spill at the back of the pack” – vile.
According to the chart, 3-year-old Shake of the Reins “took a bad step, fell” and was eventually carted away in the 2nd at Evangeline last evening. Here is how it looked:
“A spill at the back of the pack” – vile.
Hi Francis- thank you for supporting the mission of revealing the horrors of racing around the world.
As for your comment about the lip chains, yes they are pretty much a given here in the states – whether the horses need it or not. Admittedly, I have never seen the leather through the nostrils, as you mentioned. As for the dirt tracks, the UK already has thoroughbred dirt tracks.
I’m glad that you mentioned that racing in the UK is becoming more evil, I had someone from the UK arguing with me on Twitter after the deaths at the grand national that tried to say racing is nowhere near as bad in the UK as it is here in the states. I know better.
Keep being a strong voice !
Hi,from the UK….just seen photos from “Horse Racing Exposed”(over here)….a racehorse with leather strap through nostrils/chain in another’s mouth between lip and gum….Do racehorses have leather through their nostrils in US?. I’ve seen photos of US horses with chains in their mouths but l thought UK did not allow this ….sorry to appear ignorant…though powerless,l feel that l should be aware of all and worsening rvil cruelties dished out to racehorses wherever.UK’s racehorses cruelty accelerating.It is very bad …l hope UK never has dirt tracks with break- neck speeds.Read Horseracing Wrongs regularly…heartbreakingly pointkess l suppose if you know what l mean.Feel for you people who care over in US .
Wanda, thank you for mentioning the FBI in your comments. I did a quick search of the net and came up with an article from way back (2016) that might interest you and other dedicated animal rights activists. The FBI can collect evidence, but apparently there has been no initiative on their part to clean up the industry. https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/-tracking-animal-cruelty
With the massive evidence acquired and substantiated not only with videos, but official autopsy reports, etc. the evidence is pyramid high and should result in round-ups of offenders who violate law and order with impunity and contempt. The sufferings of these abused horses are beyond measure.
Any nation, state, province, county to ignore the plight of these horses is evidence that Canada, the U.S., England, Ireland, France and other nations are in a moral and perhaps mortal decline. When animal cruelty can be noticed but is virtually ignored rouses a justifiable fear that neglecting the helpless will perhaps result in moral and physical demise of law and order and the end of compassion and justice among the nations.
History proves that barbarity kills nations. Will neglect of duty and moral responsibility kill all three kingdoms of earth: human, animal and the environment?????
“… the crimes that are normal at the stables…” sums up the horseracing industry in a nutshell.
Some of those crimes have hit the headlines and so many of those crimes are hidden. Emphasis is on the crimes being considered normal in horseracing to the point that many things a lot of us recognize as criminal acts are not recognized by so many people in this industry as criminal at all.
It takes a competent Federal Bureau of Investigation and a competent Federal Trade Commission to investigate and prosecute so many of the horrible drug crimes that certain criminals have committed against horses used as gambling chips.
Unfortunately, even the FBI and the FTC can only go so far to “protect” horses. Since Pari-mutuel gambling is legal, it seems like these government agencies are protecting the gamblers more so than the horses.
Fred and Joan, You are to be blessed and thanked for your integrity and commitment to helping horses by sharing the truth and the reality of the crimes that are normal at the stables not only in North America, but in all racing jurisdictions locally and globally.
I am so distressed that the families who have acquired so much fame, fortune, and prestige keep quiet about the sufferings and murders of drugged horses. In fact, I am immeasurably offended by their silence and can’t understand how they can maintain peace of mind and heart when the videos, the autopsy pictures are irrefutable evidence of the evil imposed on them. Thank you, from my heart for using your voice and energy to protect horses and for testifying on their behalf.
I do not know yet, Deborah.
Wanda, We remember Chris Antley doing that. Many times a rider is basically at the mercy of other riders & horses. Especially at the end of riding several horses in a day when you`re wore out! Galloping a horse at speed is very demanding on a person. That`s why at 70 we no longer do that! 1st & 2nd gears are just fine. 3rd gear & overdrive is to fast with the ability of the horse beneath capable of 40+ mph! There`s a reason now we understand why shows have walk & trot only classes.
S.J. Kennedy, A breeder that is licensed to ride their own horses on the track can be blackballed too for speaking out & asking to many questions. We have had that happen at sales we were attempting to participate in an adjoining state 600 miles from our farm. As a good friend track maintaining crew member said it who was from Kentucky,” ‘None of you or your family should never return to the Devils Den of Iniquity where you can`t trust anyone”. This after experiencing a devastating incident on May 10th,2004. A prison with actual fences but no walls is apt description! Or as other race trackers advised us, ” This is a trap! Escape while you can”. We did in the fall of 2004 & will never attend any track despite ideas of floating free admission while races are are going on at Oregon`s 1/2 mile bull rings in the summer dry season.
The Paulick Report is ostensibly coming to Woodbine (April 18) to do interviews on Canadian jockeys and others but it is a repair job to mitigate bad publicity surrounding 1st Group Racing?
At Gulfstream circa 1980s a racetracker remarked to me, “Lady, you don’t know, but the racetrack is just a prison without walls.” Blacklisting is normal whether the license a person carries is vet, trainer, groom, hotwalker, parking attendant, anyone that rubs security, track operators, or those in power is subject to blacklisting. Money buys off Dame Justice and puts that blind fold over her eyes.
Anyone who protects horseracing these days is on the devil’s payroll. What racetrackers will not confront is that murdering horses has serious consequences….life on earth is temporary and there are 2 options and only 1 choice Heaven or Hell. No appeals, no pardons for those who use horseracing as the devil’s source of riches and his personal playground. As for the Race Track Chaplaincy protecting horse killers as Christians proves your guilt and whose side you represent.
It is very unsettling to those of us whose legacy was horses cannot understand why racetrackers are not burning their rub rags and walking out the gate. I grieve over those families who allow their loved ones to remain in the Hall of Fame with the likes of Baffert, Pletcher, et al who are a full disgrace to humanity. Speak up…to remain silent is consent. To support and approve of the suffering of horses is most definitely an offense against God and His horses and may God forgive all who stay silent.
Wanda, I remember…and also when Barbaro reluctant to enter the Preakness starting gate broke his back leg. Mr. Edgar Prado holding him also and crying with grief over the horse. He even went to see Barbaro in the hospital more than once. How many of them do that? These injuries happened when “I” thought they just fix them up and all is good again.
Who else remembers CHARISMATIC with a broken leg and jockey Chris Antley jumping off and holding up the colt’s broken leg to save him from further injury/injuries in the 1999 Belmont Stakes?
Is Shake of the Reins dead?
Sorry for the technical difficulties again. *Who knows if the jockey had to vomit that morning to make weight? He might not have had the bodily strength and coordination or quickness of mind to jump off the injured horse. Of course, it’s possible to get hurt jumping off early but I’m sure it doesn’t feel good to go down with the horse either.
Usually the word “spill” is used to describe more than one horse going down on the racetrack as far as I have noticed up until now. The jockey evidently was not skilled enough to jump off the injured horse before the horse fell in a somersault-like motion.
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