While NYRA and Saratoga Race Course are busy celebrating “another successful season,” here was the cost of that success, courtesy of our own Linda Rydant. (The Borough Boy replay – 1:45 mark – alone should be enough for all Americans…
Follows are some of the heartening comments and emails I have received. Progress. “I was at the Saratoga Race Track this past Monday and I am never ever going back there. I am traumatized for life. I love all animals…
The following letter-to-the-editor appeared in The Sun September 7 and the Press-Republican September 5: This year, 58 horses have already died on New York state race tracks. Ten have died at Saratoga Race Course since April. Horseracing is cruelty and…
Our “Travers Day” protest at Saratoga Race Course August 24, as told by the wonderful photography of Lodiza LePore…
In June, Dr. Kraig Kulikowski, renowned equine veterinarian, testified (along with me and several others) before two NYS Senate committees. Highlights and video follow: “A two-year-old horse is equivalent to a six-year-old human. A three-year-old horse is equivalent to a…
H. James Bond, $43 million, multiple-graded-stakes-winning trainer, says in a recent Spectrum interview (in which I also appeared) that racehorses die everywhere – i.e., it’s not, as the reformers would have us believe, an “American problem”: “It’s worldwide…it’s bad. Period.”…
Two recent podcasts featuring Horseracing Wrongs… Species Unite All Beings Considered
Follows is the letter I sent to Mechanicville City School District officials this morning… Good afternoon. By way of introduction, my name is Patrick Battuello and I am the founder and president of Horseracing Wrongs. I am writing to respectfully…
I respect hard work, always have. Much of this appreciation for industry stems from my childhood and the indelible influence of my grandfathers. Both arrived at Ellis Island as boys – not knowing a stitch of English and with but…
While I can certainly appreciate the usefulness, if not downright necessity, of social media, personally I am loath to engage, preferring instead to say what I have to say here and through more traditional media platforms. Fortunately, we at HW…
An excellent video of the recent Belmont Stakes protest by our friends at Their Turn…
My June 5 testimony before the NYS Senate: Good morning. My name is Patrick Battuello, and I am the founder and president of the non-profit organization Horseracing Wrongs. I am here today to advocate what I freely admit to be…
