The CHRB has confirmed that two horses who made our Monday List are indeed dead: Johnny Lightning in the 5th at Los Alamitos Sunday. Just Deal in the 4th at that same track the day before. Johnny was two, and this was his very first time under the whip. His exploiters: Paul Jones, Eduardo Nicasio. Just Deal was four; his exploiters: Hugh Moore, Jesus Uranga, Francisco Orduna-Rojas.
In NY, this from the Commission on Unified Smile at Finger Lakes: “horse referred for right-hock infection, condition continued unresolved, horse euthanized [Jun 18].” This poor girl was three and was coming off her first race 10 days prior. Trainer, Paul Barrow.
This daily routine mistreatment and sadistic exploitation of these young horses proves that you don’t have to genuinely care what happens to your horse.
This daily routine mistreatment and sadistic exploitation of these young horses proves that you don’t have to be a true horseman and that no person in this industry deserves to be put on a pedestal. Naive and gullible people might think that it’s okay to practically worship these horse-abusing horse killing thugs but they would be deceived, mistaken, very wrong.
As long as gullible people fall for the hype and turn a blind eye to the abuse, these sadistic people masquerading as “horsemen” will continue abusing and killing horses without being subject to justice and held accountable for their misdeeds.
These so-called horsemen are no better than the people who abandoned their dogs at a truck stop by tying them to the guardrail and leaving. The difference is that if the people who abandoned their dogs get found, they will have to answer to the authorities.
Horseracing is Animal Cruelty!