From the Paulick Report: “Fasig-Tipton’s one-day November Sale took place on Monday evening, when 23 horses sold for seven figures.” 4-year-old Princess of Sylmar, a Pletcher-trained multiple graded stakes winner, topped the bill at $3.1 million. (The “broker” says that…
If horseracing is a sport, then that word must be redefined, for the competitive racing of horses resembles no other accepted sport on the planet: Where else are young pre-athletes – children – forever torn from their mothers to begin…
This is what currently appears on the NYS Gaming Commission’s website: 2014 – Equine Death Only EQUINE DEATH Training 05/18/2014 Onlyforyou Saratoga Racecourse (NYRA) Horse: Onlyforyou Incident: EQUINE DEATH Racing Type: Thoroughbred Location/Type: Saratoga Racecourse (NYRA), 1/4 pole; Training Date:…
Attempting, somewhat, to succeed where HBO’s “Luck” failed (canceled after three horses died in production), the Esquire Network has debuted a new reality show called “Horseplayers.” As the title indicates, it’s about the bettor, and as The New York Times…
“Death is delivered pink.” And so begins an ESPN The Magazine article (5/4/09) on the track veterinarian’s unenviable role as killer of the broken. Racing calls it euthanasia, of course, but that’s simply self-absolution. In any event, this is no…
Up until very recently, knowledge and appreciation of the equine mind has been noticeably lacking. Sure, we’ve learned rudimentary things about horses through the years, but only enough to breed and maintain pliability. Now, though, scientific curiosity is leading some…
Equine advocates often decry the racing of two-year-olds, and for good reason. But what many may not fully understand is that forcing two-year-olds onto the track is only marginally worse, medically speaking, than doing the same to three and four-year-olds,…
