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Saratoga '26 Opens - With a Kill
12+ hour, 44+ min ago (118+ words) Saratoga "26 Opens " With a Kill'Horseracing Wrongs With the Belmont Stakes just around the corner, Saratoga Race Course is open for business " the business, that is, of abusing and killing horses. Victim #1 was felled training a week ago today (the Commission…...
Another Belmont Training Kill
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (55+ words) Horseracing Wrongs The NYS Gaming Commission has only just disclosed the training kill of Toga Dan at Belmont on Mar 7: "[multiple] LF fractures; due to poor prognosis, decision was made to euthanize." Toga was three years old. Subscribe and Get…...
The Utter Destruction (Including Degloving) of a Leg
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (163+ words) Horseracing Wrongs Through a FOIA request to the California Horse Racing Board, I have obtained the following details on some of that state's kills in 2025 (previous ones here). Goatski, Oct 22, Santa Anita S "Acute sign of colic at racetrack; horse…...
The Evil That Men (Women) Do: Former Racehorse Found Half Dead in Kentucky
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (140+ words) Horseracing Wrongs During a routine welfare check last week, the Kentucky Humane Society found a former racehorse half dead at an old mine site in Kentucky. In addition to being "severely emaciated and covered in rain rot," says KHS, 17-year-old…...
"Roughed," Fell, Dead at Parx
1+ week, 2+ day ago (193+ words) Horseracing Wrongs The full chart note for Chase a Dream in the 3rd at Parx yesterday: "Chase a Dream was roughed at the start, rallied wide into the stretch, was soundly bumped causing him to fall and subsequently be euthanized." "Roughed,…...
Horseracing = Dogracing
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (312+ words) Horseracing Wrongs An amendment to this year's federal "farm bill" would end dogracing in all of America (currently, it only exists at two hellholes in West Virginia). The legislation is actually far more comprehensive, as it would not only ban…...
Two Tracks in WV: 56 Kills Last Year, 949 Since 2014
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (365+ words) Through a FOIA request to the West Virginia Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state's two tracks last year (this is part 2; Charles Town part 1 here; Mountaineer part 1 here " 56 kills in total). Strike Three, Jul 17, Charles…...
Industry Executive Admits: "[P]ost-racing traceability [of 'retired' racehorses] is practically non-existent; a safety net for vulnerable horses does not exist."
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (406+ words) The industry conversation on "aftercare" rages on, especially on the pages of the Thoroughbred Daily News. First, it was Mike Repole in Jan, then The Jockey Club's answer a few days later, then Reiley Mc Donald last month. Now, Pat…...
Anthonian Killed at Oaklawn Yesterday
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (178+ words) Horseracing Wrongs In the 8th at Oaklawn yesterday, Anthonian "fell going into the far turn" and was subsequently euthanized. Dead, at four. Complicit in the kill: breeder Sally Thomas, owner Randy Patterson, trainer Randy Morse, jockey Johan Rosado, and anyone who…...
Oregon: "Extensive exposure of the bone and surrounding fascia, which is covered by a thick layer of dirt and debris."; Another Victim Was Raced With Pneumonia, "Dozens of Ulcers"
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (288+ words) ED: "I do know there was one death due to colic that was during training. I only got the information third hand though. It was at Grants Pass." Me: "So the horsemen/tracks are not required to report training/stall…...