The full chart note for Cold Plunge at Mountaineer last night: “Cold Plunge was injured after the wire and euthanized on track.” And that’s that. This poor boy was five; ’twas his 26th time under the whip. The responsible: breeder…
Over the course of just 7 days (Sep 10-18) at Churchill, 15 horses were scratched by the regulatory vet – i.e., their exploiters had every intention of racing them – for being “injured” or “unsound,” another 24 by private vets…
The CHRB reports that Boi Sterrus, a “weakened, equine ambulanced” in the 12th at Los Alamitos Saturday, is dead. She was but two years old. The complicit exploiters: Cavenaugh Quarter Horses, Jesus Cuevas, Valentin Zamudio, Ruben Lozano.
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…
The following horses were injured in U.S. races last week and had to be removed from the track by “equine ambulance.” While fates remain unknown at this time, please know we will eventually get kill confirmations on many if not…
I have confirmed the following kills at Evangeline: Uthinkicare, in the 9th Jul 4. She was four years old and “For Sale” (cheap: $5,000) the day she died. The complicit: Ricky Demouchet, Junior Inirio. This Gray Mischiev, in the 4th…
According to the chart for the 4th at Delaware Wednesday, two horses, Fiveclocksomewhere and Precious Sight, went down, with the latter falling over the former. While the writer added, with optimism, that both “walked onto the ambulance to be vanned…
Tarzan’s Niece, I have confirmed, is dead after a “pulled up, transported off in ambulance” in the 4th at Monmouth Sep 13. She was three years old. The complicit: Philip Robertson, Castillo Consulting, Juan Avila, Angel Morales. She was also…
I have confirmed the following racing kills in Ohio: I’m the Devil, Thistledown, Jul 29. She was three; this was her first time under the whip. The responsible: Raimonde Farms, Elias Del Val, Richard Genovese, McKenna Anderson. Celestial Harmony, Belterra,…
Four. That’s the number of days the Tillamook County Fair in Oregon races horses each August. Four. That, according to the Racing Commission, is the number of horses who died during this year’s edition. That’s horrific enough: The lives of…
Eye of the Smiley, says the CHRB, was killed training at Santa Anita Saturday. He was three and had been put to the whip five times, all in California. Chief exploiter: trainer Brian Koriner. Smiley is the third training kill…
The following horses were injured in U.S. races last week and had to be removed from the track by “equine ambulance.” While fates remain unknown at this time, please know we will eventually get kill confirmations on many if not…
