Yesterday, we held our first protest of the season at the most celebrated of American racetracks, Saratoga. As I’ve often said, the reason to protest is twofold: to engage the public – educate, obviously, but also to make entering patrons…
We are profiled in the Times Union – the Capital Region’s (NY) largest newspaper – today (print edition tomorrow): “One man’s war on horse racing.” Takeaway paragraph: “But I don’t doubt that Battuello is on the winning side of the…
Our 100 activists-strong protest at the Belmont Stakes Saturday, presented in video (courtesy of fellow advocacy group “Their Turn”) and pics. (We also had a good day with media, with no fewer than four interviews, including this from CBS Radio.)…
HW was well-represented out in front of Pimlico Race Course this past Saturday, Preakness Day. In addition to our regular Maryland/Delaware protesters – superbly led by the indefatigable Jennifer Sully and Peter Herrera – we had two mobile billboards traversing…
Some excerpts from a new Guardian article penned by former exercise rider Elizabeth Banicki. (all emphases mine) “Horses running in the Kentucky Derby have only just hit their third birthday. Those magnificent creatures…are but enslaved toddlers. No horse at two…
Stephen Colbert weighs in on Bob Baffert, but of far more import, horseracing in general. As you’ll see, he gets it. Don’t miss the forest for the trees, folks. It’s not about betamethasone. (This clip came from “The Late Show’s”…
Last week, I appeared on Ed Berliner’s “The Man in the Arena.” Here it is on YouTube:
Excerpts from an opinion piece in the Concord Monitor Wednesday: “When I was a kid, my favorite movie was ‘Phar Lap,’ based on the true story of an Australian racehorse. I loved that movie and that horse. It was tragic…
Jo Anne Normile is a former breeder and owner. Upon becoming disillusioned with the racing industry, she left and founded CANTER – the first organization in the country to take Thoroughbreds right from the track to safe havens. After leaving…
Corporate sponsorship of the horseracing industry is, obviously, a critical component. The problem with corporations, as with the public at large, is that most are oblivious to racing’s horrors. To them, it’s but another sport at which to advertise their…
The following letter from one of our followers, Rick Bowman, appears in The Roanoke Times today. I would encourage readers to leave comments on the paper’s website. Thank you, Rick. “The Kentucky Derby is upon us. This is the day…
Our mandate as an organization is to educate and expose, expose and educate. The work on these pages – the facts, the data, the documentation – is the primary manifestation of this mandate. Of course, we’re also out there –…
