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Another Kill at Belmont
The 3rd race at Belmont just a couple hours ago: “CHAYSENBRYN chased three then two wide coming under coaxing at the 3/8, suffered an injury to the right front nearing the 1/4 pole bumping with DOLCE SERA just prior to being expertly pulled up by the rider and had to be euthanized on track.” Good…
More Gruesome Details From Kentucky
The details (from the Racing Commission) on three more Kentucky kills: Vezpa was killed at Turfway Mar 25: “This mare pulled up near 1/4 pole with injury to RF fetlock. [She] was sedated and loaded onto the ambulance. She was euthanized on the ambulance.” Couldn’t have her euthanized in full public view, right? The specific…
HW on CNN
As mentioned in this morning’s post, I have been working closely with CNN over the past couple weeks. While a larger piece is still to come, yesterday I was asked for a response to HISA’s statement announcing an “Emergency Veterinary Summit” on the Churchill deaths. My statement was read by CNN’s Nick Watt; the full…
A Disgusting Vet, Lousy Journalism
The media coverage of, and the national conversation on, horseracing is the most intense and sustained that I have seen in my nine years of doing this. And I know with certainty that horse deaths have never received this level of attention. We of course have been a big part of it – The Baltimore…
