This week, Dr. David Marlin, a leading equine scientist, published an article on tongue ties: “Lack of Evidence for Tongue Ties – Time to BAN!”. Here are some of the more relevant passages. While reading, please bear in mind that…
The following tracks canceled racing yesterday due to extreme heat: Belterra, Colonial, Delaware, Ellis, Monmouth. (Several had also canceled the day before.) Who was racing? Among others, Saratoga. When the 1st race kicked off there at 1:12, says the chart,…
Our allies in Australia, Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses, published the following letter, jointly signed by 12 prominent veterinarians, on “tongue ties” (here is one of our own posts on this awful device). “If ever the ethics of Australian…
Hopefully, most of you are familiar with the name Dr. Robert Cook by now. Here’s some background though. So a few years back, we were out protesting in front of Saratoga, and a professional photographer, friendly to our cause, was…
Living in the Saratoga region, I can tell you that yesterday at 1:15, when the 1st race went off at Saratoga Race Course, it was oppressively hot – temps at 90+. In fact, the Equibase charts admit as much. Little…
The following photos were taken by a photographer friend of HW at Saratoga Race Course July 16. I shared them with Emeritus Professor Robert Cook from Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and asked for his comments on the…
Our own Jo Anne Normile has previously addressed the cruelty of bits in this post about the various “tools” used by racing. One of our international partners, the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (Australia/New Zealand), recently took a deeper…
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…
