When I first reported the gruesome (see this) killing of Vogue Blue Chip while he was being transported to be raced at the Windsor Fair on Aug 31, I promised we were not done. Below is the full document we received on the incident from the Maine Dept. of Agriculture. I encourage you to read through it, especially the other eyewitness accounts. I have already contacted the Maine State Police, writing, among other things:
“The owner/trainer, Stanley Whittemore, received what amounts to a wristslap from the Commission: $1,000 fine, one-year suspension. I am respectfully asking your office to investigate this as animal cruelty under Title 7, Section 4011 of the Maine Cruelty-to-Animals statutes. What happened to this poor boy, just five, was not only unspeakably horrific and sad, but wholly preventable.”
I have since been notified that the request has been received and “forwarded to the appropriate agencies.” I will, of course, follow up.
We are working on that, Kyrie. I believe I’ll have a positive report very soon.
This person needs to be punished to the fullest extent of the law!
One year suspension. I have no words….
I think the videos should be made public, as gruesome as they must be. People need to see the caliber of person who own racehorses.
We need to bombard the police in Maine about this. Patrick, where did you send your objection to this paltry punishment? Please post the address/email address, so we can impress on the state of Maine, that people want horse racing banned, and that this is just one example why.
Are the videos mentioned in the first page of this public? I’m not very familiar with horse trailers and would like to see photo/video showing how this happened and the injuries caused by his leg going through the floor.
Another thing: The actions of kicking an INJURED horse to try to get the horse to pull his totally injured and bloody leg out of the broken floorboard of the damaged trailer reminds me of the video I watched online of an a****** at a LIVESTOCK auction using an ELECTRIC CATTLE PROD on a DOWNER COW that CAN’T get up on her feet. This sadistic asshole was just continually buzzing her with the electricity on her back knowing she was a DOWNER COW that couldn’t get up on her feet.
Stanley Whittemore is just as bad and evil.
I totally get it about feeling so much outrage and anger that you want to beat the crap out of that so and so, but you’d get arrested for assault and he’d still be stupid.
He should be locked up for what he did to the horse and he should also lose his license to operate a motor vehicle as well.
I am not sure I would have been able to follow this asshole for 2 miles honking at him. I would have been on the phone with the police and would have made an effort to pull in front of him and stop. He deserves a place in hell. I can’t believe (well, ok, I guess I can believe) that no one beat the shit out of this guy for his behavior towards this poor soul of a horse. I hope to God he does not have more horses at home under his care, and that someone will look into this.
Patrick, who can we call to escalate this?
This man, Stanley, if you can him a human, should never, ever be around or handle any kind of horses again! We have an old 1973 Hale trailer that we bought many years ago used. The 1st thing we did was replace the floor & make all electrical safe & usable before we hauled ANYTHING in it. That fine & penalty was not severe enough! He should be banned from any horse industry participation forever.
Thank you, Patrick and Nicole, for your efforts and perseverance to get this criminal punished as a criminal.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the excuse of having “dementia” is used. Anyone who does what Stanley Whittemore did to this horse should not be allowed to have horses or be left alone with a horse ever again no matter what excuse is used for his willful abuse, neglect, carelessness, absolute stupidity, horrific cruelty to a horse!!!!!