Among the several (harness) whipping violations last week, these (emphases mine): Cumberland, Jun 14: “Driver James Doucette was in violation of using his whip on a horse [Monaco Hanover] that was not visibly responding when the horse was not in…
According to the chart for the 5th at Churchill Jun 19, it was a banner day for the exploiters of Bourbon Town (Rey Hernandez, Luis Saez, Nick Jacoby, Bruce Ferguson, et al.), for you see, the 2-year-old colt “won” his…
Notwithstanding the (at least) two horses killed on its final weekend, Aqueduct Racetrack was given a happy sendoff Sunday. The final race was dubbed, “It Was a Good Run,” and NYRA CEO David O’Rourke told the TDN: “It’s been a…
Our allies in Australia, Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses, published the following letter, jointly signed by 12 prominent veterinarians, on “tongue ties” (here is one of our own posts on this awful device). “If ever the ethics of Australian…
The following horses were injured in U.S. races last week and were unable to walk off the track under their own power – i.e., they needed the “equine ambulance.” While fates remain unknown at this time, please know we will…
She’s Grand, a “suffered injury in gallop out, transported off via ambulance” in the 9th at Aqueduct yesterday, is in fact dead. She was four years old. The complicit: Louis Ferrari, Danzel Brendemuehl, Adrian and Margaret Selby, Linda Rice, and…
3-year-old T Flying Whicha in the 7th at Delta yesterday. Note not only the announcer’s utter silence on the fall but also his gleeful call of the finish. These people are disgusting. And here is 3-year-old Higher Performance after the…
After 132 years of abusing and killing horses – the latest of what surely is thousands happened just Friday – Aqueduct Racetrack is closing for good after today’s card. (At least initially, Aqueduct’s dates will be picked up by the…
Marfa was killed in the 10th race at Horseshoe Thursday after she “hit the rail” while apparently trying to jump it. The poor girl was just two, and this was her very first race – facts, no doubt, that played…
War Anthem in the 9th at Aqueduct yesterday: “dropped back in upper stretch and tired, then suffered an injury [Commission said, ‘broke down’] in the final 16th and was euthanized on the course.” He was three years old. Complicit in…
Follows is a guest post by longtime contributor Mary Johnson. “Big Sky Girl: Foaled, Raced, Bred, and Dumped – With Intent” by Mary Johnson This is the story about the exploitation of a Thoroughbred mare who labored within the racing…
Jezebel going down in the 4th at Evangeline last night. The full chart note said, “Jezebel was hard to load, fell and was transported off the track via an equine ambulance.” Wonder if the “hard to load” was the 5-year-old…
