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…
A horse was killed – “suffered injury, euthanized” – training at Belmont yesterday. I’d give you his name, but he was so young – two at most – he hadn’t even been christened yet. The Commission also (just now) reports…
This morning, I offer a couple excerpts from The Voice Of Those Who Raced: What They Would Have To Say, a new book of poetry on racehorses – or more specifically, a series that follows the life of one racehorse,…
The chart note for Leilauni Sue in the 1st at Parx yesterday: “Leilauni Sue suffered injury near 9/16 pole…and was subsequently euthanized.” Leilauni was five; ’twas her 16th time under the whip. Her final exploiters: Eagle’s Look Stable, Jorge Diaz,…
At the risk of stating the obvious, horseracing is at its core a gambling business. For decades, the proverbial $2 bet funded this industry. As competition – lotteries, casinos, sports betting – began to arise at the end of the…
