I received the following email just before this past weekend’s Kentucky Derby… Hello Patrick. Thanks for your incredible passion and defense of our horse friends. Here is a tribute I wrote on Derby Day 2024 to an OTTB who touched…
Yesterday was Florida Derby Day at Gulfstream Park, the second biggest day of the year at this track (a track, I happily remind, that just may be doomed). Amid the festivities, however, no fewer than four horses required the “equine…
The box score for the 7th at Laurel yesterday includes this incidental: “Camulus…was injured leaving the 5/16 and lost the rider; after being evaluated by the track vet it was determined that injury was not repairable and horse was euthanized…
Animal-rights activism can come in myriad forms – protesting, outreach, contacting media and legislators, to name but a few. The goal with all, of course, is to bring awareness to the exploitation of, and cruelties inflicted upon, the other sentient…
This past Saturday, Pegasus Day, Horseracing Wrongs partnered with SoFlo Animal Rights for a protest at Gulfstream Park. It was a great success, with coverage by ABC Miami. Thank you to SoFlo and to all you kind souls who came…
This morning, we present another poem from Ronda Cooperstein. Thank you, Ronda. (Here are Ronda’s other contributions to our site. If you’d like to share a writing – a poem, a personal story – please reach out: patrickjbattuello@gmail.com.) “Don’t Give…
I received the following email Thursday. (Here are others I’ve received over the years.) “I’ve never gone to a horse race before today and I deeply regret it. I live in New Orleans and there is a betting track here…
As previously relayed, we have a change.org petition asking NFL star Travis Kelce to cut his (brand-new) tie with horseracing. If you haven’t already done so, please sign and share. It’s the simplest thing you can do today for suffering…
I received this email Sunday and then asked to re-post it here. Thank you, Jason. “Patrick, I started participating in horseracing betting around the time Forever Young won the Dubai Derby. I was mesmerized by the win and started to…
Our executive director, Nicole, has created a change.org petition targeting NFL star Travis Kelce’s (new) involvement in horseracing. Please sign and share. It’ll take but a matter of seconds, and it really will make a difference.
HW was, of course, out in force for Travers Day at Saratoga – 50 activists strong and a mobile-billboard truck circling the track for eight hours. Educate and expose. A highlight was when a woman took one of our leaflets…
