Shedrow Secrets: Flipping One of Racing’s Feel-Good Stories by Mary Johnson About a year and a half ago, Ms. Jen Roytz, a paid mouthpiece for the racing industry, wrote a Paulick Report Aftercare Spotlight “story” entitled “12 YEAR OLD BOY…
Shedrow Secrets One Hundred Laughs by Joy Aten Racing “royalty” – NetJets founder Richard Santulli and celebrity chef Bobby Flay. Racing “royalty” – WinStar Farms’ successful sire Distorted Humor and elite broodmare (and former million-dollar track earner) Wonder Again. Being…
Shedrow Secrets Tyme Champ by Joy Aten Week after week we see the “Casualty Lists”…the “Weekly Reports” – the horses who were “pulled up lame,” “in distress,” “vanned off,” “went wrong,” “fell,” “returned sore,” “bled,” and most ominous of all…
Shedrow Secrets Killean Cut Kid by Joy Aten Killean Cut Kid, a 12-year-old Standardbred, was just acquired from the Bastrop, Louisiana, kill pen last Wednesday, August 30. According to the “Save Our Standardbreds from Slaughter” FB page, the gelding was…
Shedrow Secrets Redneck Margarita by Joy Aten “Anyone looking for a horse?” was the April 28 Facebook post’s opening line. But who could read on when distracted by that photo – a tall chestnut, very thin with a dull, poor…
On July 31 of this year, 7-year-old Whistle Included was a cheap “claimer” toiling at seedy tracks for bottom-feeder “connections.” In other words, exactly the kind of horse who would simply disappear when Racing was done with him. That day,…
As a follow-up to yesterday’s Anita post, I share these pictures from Mary Johnson. Anita, approximately two weeks after arriving in Ohio… The vet at Cleveland Equine said these are the worst ankles she’s ever seen… ankles, by the way,…
Shedrow Secrets Anita Vacation by Joy Aten On July 15, I noticed a photo of a chestnut Thoroughbred mare posted on the “End Of The Line Horse Placement” FB page. Her splayed stance and troubled eye betrayed her pain –…
On June 15, racing apologist Jen Roytz wrote an article in which takes umbrage over the way a recent rescue effort was handled. Unsurprisingly, the story was biased and skewed, with but one side – the industry’s, shockingly – presented.…
Shedrow Secrets Financial Mogul by Joy Aten Just two days ago, another trashed racehorse was recovered from a kill buyer. Thanks to a person who makes weekly visits to the notorious New Holland auction, a 5-year-old gelding named Financial Mogul…
The following is our latest installment of “Shedrow Secrets” – first-hand accounts from the heroes who work tirelessly to save Racing’s broken bodies. Shedrow Secrets Storming by Joy Aten I often read apologists’ claims that racehorses are treated like kings…
The following is our latest installment of “Shedrow Secrets” – first-hand accounts from the heroes who work tirelessly to save Racing’s broken bodies. Shedrow Secrets You Got the Silver by Joy Aten Three-year-old You Got the Silver reportedly had pleuropneumonia…
