Chart notes from U.S. Thoroughbred and Quarterhorse races last week. Tizlawry “transported off track via ambulance” at Aqueduct City Blocks “stumbled severely, DNF” at Aqueduct Blesseduponastar “escorted off in ambulance” at Fair Grounds Heart Light “transported off via ambulance” at…
Although Arkansas (along with Florida) no longer honors our FOIA requests, I have still been able to confirm the following kills at Oaklawn this year: Hired Gun, broke down in the 1st race Feb 23. He was 2. Colosi, broke…
Chart notes from U.S. Thoroughbred and Quarterhorse races last week. (Note: Between the holidays and the weather, there was very limited racing last week.) Omey Island “transported off track in ambulance” at Parx Ministerial “transported off via ambulance” at Aqueduct…
Longtime HW supporter Rick Bowman has posted the following to his LinkedIn account. It serves to remind that we should never miss an opportunity to advocate. Thanks, Rick. “I’ve been called a lot of names because of my passion for…
The CHRB has just disclosed (five days later) that Chosen Son died training at Santa Anita last Sunday. It was “non-musculoskeletal,” so this was likely a “sudden death” of one kind or another (heart, lungs, etc.). He was three years…
The NYS Gaming Commission reports kills on back-to-back days at Monticello this week. Monday, it was 10-year-old Meadowbranch Ricky – “broke down at 1/4 pole”; Tuesday, 4-year-old Within The Wild – “broke down prior to race 4.” While the poor…
Over the course of just 9 days at Turfway (Dec 3-18), 20 horses were scratched by the regulatory vet – i.e., their exploiters had every intention of racing them – for being “injured” or “unsound,” another 28 by private vets…
Chart notes from U.S. Thoroughbred and Quarterhorse races last week. Masino “fell…left track in ambulance” at Zia Candy Thief “ambulanced off course” at Remington Final Lamentation “equine ambulance” at Evangeline Auntie Row “fell, equine ambulance” at Evangeline (video here) Strummin…
The morally-challenged track announcer at Evangeline described what happened to Auntie Row Thursday as a “tumble” – and he actually doubled-down on that word: Then, this week’s batch of whipping (read: cruelty) “violations” from harness world… Hawthorne, Dec 7: “Driver…
Two days ago, we asked you to speak in behalf of Mo Dont No, who was slated to go under the whip for the 96th time, and so many of you did. Thank you. As it turned out, Mo’s race…
The CHRB says Less Is More died while training at Santa Anita yesterday. As they categorized this as “non-musculoskeletal,” it is almost certain that the 3-year-old, Doug O’Neill-trained filly suffered a “sudden death” of one kind or another (we’ll get…
The NYS Gaming Commission reports this for M J’s Yoshida at Belmont Monday: “fell outside her barn resulting in hind-leg paralysis, euthanized due to poor prognosis.” She was three years old and being prepped for her sixth race. Also, we…
