So I’m wondering, what does it actually take for a trainer to get a figurative death sentence in horseracing? On the surface, it would appear that trainer Raul Vega was hit hard by the New Mexico Racing Commission last week:…
On subsidies, besides the obvious – propping this industry up with corporate welfare allows for the continued abuse and killing of beautiful horses – there is this ancillary wrong: The massive infusion of unearned income from casino gaming allows tracks…
Horseracing Wrongs will of course be out in full force tomorrow at Pimlico Race Course, protesting not only the Preakness Stakes but the entire cruel, ugly U.S. horseracing industry. In advance of that, we purchased a largescale advertising campaign: 125…
Another fine example of simple, direct activism. A recent LTE published by The Baltimore Sun. (Please note: The kill rate is of course much higher than 10) “Horse racing is a cruel industry. Horses have 1,000-pound bodies resting on very…
Aerator, you might remember, was killed at Turfway Jan 27, which happened to be his third birthday. Here are the details from the Kentucky Racing Commission: “open, comminuted lateral condylar fracture; biaxial sesamoid fractures; comminuted fracture of the first phalanx;…
In the 10th race at Parx yesterday, Good Culture, says the chart, “engaged the leader on the final turn, suffered a catastrophic injury to his right front leg and was subsequently euthanized.” Dead. He was five years old, and this…
To those who wager on horseracing, we implore you to reconsider. And ultimately, you hold all the cards: no more bets, no more races; no more races, no more kills. And: no more abusing unformed bodies; no more extreme, relentless…
In keeping with its recent history, the NYS Gaming Commission has belatedly disclosed a death. American Boy N, says the “report,” “was discovered with comminuted fracture in [his] stall” at Monticello Apr 29 and subsequently euthanized. He was 12 years…
Monday, longtime TVG (a national horseracing channel) host, analyst, handicapper Ken Rudulph tweeted the following: Rudulph subsequently apologized for his “very poor choice of words,” but the damage had been done. My take: While I loathe what he said and…
Again, it’s not just the killing. According to the stewards, the following horses were injured at Churchill Downs; unless they return to race, their ultimate fates will, alas, remain unknown. Apr 29:“Code of Kings was injured in the paddock and…
