Some miscellaneous notes… According to the stewards at Delaware, 3-year-old Ojitos Bellos was “lame in the post parade” Oct 5 and subsequently scratched by the regulatory vet. Meaning, Ojitos’ exploiter, Mario Serey, had every intention of running her out there…
The Jockey Club (TJC) reports that we’re looking at yet another decline in next year’s North American “foal crop” – the disgusting phrase the industry uses for new Thoroughbreds coming into the system each year. TJC projects a “crop” of…
This from The Daily Gazette yesterday: “Less than two hours before Arcangelo won the Travers, New York Thunder was euthanized behind the dreaded blue screen, right in front of the clubhouse patrons. When he broke down, parents shielded their kids…
(Please note: This was previously posted; I’ve edited for further clarity.) Regarding our annual killed lists, any comparison year over year must be considered with a major caveat: The information I receive through FOIAs to racing commissions is not always…
On the progress front… The government of Singapore recently announced that the island’s sole track will be shuttered for good in Oct 2024. Noting the long decline of racing there, the government decided the track’s 300 acres could be put…
A reminder… If horseracing is a sport, then that word must be redefined, for “The Sport of Kings” resembles no other accepted sport on the planet. In what other sport are the athletes: condemned to a life as literal chattel?…
To those who wager on horseracing, we implore you to reconsider. And ultimately, you hold all the cards: no more bets, no more races; no more races, no more kills. And: no more abusing unformed bodies; no more extreme, relentless…
From state necropsy reports, proving (again) that abuse, suffering, and death are inherent to horseracing. “Proximal sesamoid fractures may carry an occurrence rate as high as 41.5% in racing Thoroughbreds. Approximately 80% of all forelimb proximal sesamoid fractures are biaxial (both the…
Because I have serious questions regarding death reporting now that the “Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority” (HISA) is in place (see Florida), in addition to placing several fruitless calls to HISA, I submitted a FOIA to the ostensible supervising federal…
Ahead of an Economic Development hearing in the NYS Legislature today, I submitted the following written testimony on the Belmont Park proposal: To call the proposed $455 million loan to the New York Racing Association (NYRA) to rebuild Belmont Park…
Let’s start with this in regard to the cardiac arrest suffered by the Bills’ Damar Hamlin during an NFL game Monday: I wish nothing but the best for him, full return to health and resumption of his career. That said,…
