Two unidentified horses were killed in a head-on training collision at Parx Saturday. The only reason we know about this now (as opposed to when we file our FOIA) is because one of the riders has been hospitalized, and that is about all that’s deemed newsworthy by the racing press at places like Parx – i.e., cheap tracks, cheap horses, they don’t care.
As a postscript, trainer Butch Reid’s family has set up a GoFundMe for the rider. In it, they thank people in advance for their “compassion” – something, of course, that Reid, the rider, and everyone else in this evil business conspicuously denied to the dead horses.
