Cosmic Heat Becomes 9th Kill at Santa Anita This Year
2-year-old Cosmic Heat was killed – “fell crossing onto the dirt” – in the 1st race at Santa Anita yesterday. She is the 9th dead horse at this hallowed track this year.
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Six Racedays at Turfway: 62 Injured or Sick Horses
Over the course of just 6 days at Turfway (Mar 6-14), 23 horses were scratched by the regulatory vet – i.e., their exploiters had every intention of racing them – for being “injured” or “unsound,” another 31 by private vets…
Now That Is “Preserving Open Spaces”
One of the more risible arguments put forth by this increasingly desperate industry is that horseracing merits saving (read: bailing out) because horseracing helps “preserve open spaces.” What makes this all the worse is the severe affordable-housing crisis our nation…
Filly Killed Training at Santa Anita
The CHRB has belatedly disclosed the training kill of Eiffel at Santa Anita Saturday. They filed this as “other” – which almost always means a sudden death, usually pulmonary-related (i.e., bleeding out from the lungs). Eiffel would have turned four…
Good News…
A bit of good news from steeplechase world… For the first time in almost 50 years, the Winterthur Steeplechase in Delaware will not be run this spring. Using the 75th anniversary of the onsite museum as a reason (pretext?), the…
What’s Behind the Kentucky Derby? This…
With the Kentucky Derby just a few weeks away, a reminder: Even if you only watch or wager on one race a year, you are a part of it – the it being the everyday abuse and constant killing of…
The Ambulance Report
The following horses were injured in U.S. races last week and, unless otherwise noted, had to be removed from the track by “equine ambulance.” Please know that we will eventually get death confirmations on many, if not most, through our…
Horseracing = Dogracing
An amendment to this year’s federal “farm bill” would end dogracing in all of America (currently, it only exists at two hellholes in West Virginia). The legislation is actually far more comprehensive, as it would not only ban racing here…
The Prosecution Rests
Through a FOIA request to the Kentucky Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks in the second half of 2025. Although I previously posted first-half kills – here – I will be combining all 2025…
How could this baby have possibly survived?
Through a FOIA request to the Oklahoma Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks last year (this is part 2; part 1 here). Please note, however, that the Commission added this: “[We] have reason to…
12-Year-Old Killed at Monticello
The NYS Gaming Commission reports this for Arch Credit in the 1st at Monticello Tuesday: “equine death, on track.” Pretty succinct, huh? This poor boy was 12 years old.
“Unfortunately, things happen when horses run.”
According to the chart for the 3rd at Fair Grounds Mar 14, Guaguarero, although the “winner,” “lost action late” and was subsequently “transported off via ambulance.” Turns out, that “lost action” was a snapped ankle and, well, I’ll let the…