According to the chart for the 8th at Finger Lakes Monday, High End “appeared in distress and was vanned off.” An update (Gaming Commission): “pelvic fracture, euthanized.” The 4-year-old’s final exploiters: Barry Schwartz and Andrew Rosen (who also bred her), Michael Ferraro, Luis Pena. Schwartz/Rosen also had her “For Sale” at the bargain-basement price of $5K just moments before she was killed. One other note: In each of her two most recent races (Jun 22, Jul 20), High End finished 28+ lengths back.
Would these depraved people still enter a horse that is obviously not competitive if it were not for the casino subsidies to the purses at Finger Lakes racetrack?
Everyone who gambled at the casino are part of the problem. This is one sick gambling industry that provides a way for people to get away with Animal Cruelty and continue their evil actions. There needs to be legislation passed that addresses this heinous cruelty to horses.