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As Dead Horses Pile Up, It’s Damage Control Time at Del Mar

As Dead Horses Pile Up, It’s Damage Control Time at Del Mar

by Patrick Battuello | Jul 29, 2016 | Dead Athletes, Recommended, Tracks

Last summer – and the summer before that – a spate of deaths had the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club (and California, in general) scrambling. Dead horses are always bad for business, but most especially at such a celebrated, high-profile meet like Del Mar. So,...
Death at a Party: 30,000 Witness Two Kills at Saratoga

Death at a Party: 30,000 Witness Two Kills at Saratoga

by Patrick Battuello | Jul 24, 2016 | Dead Athletes, Featured, Recommended

I was at Saratoga Race Course yesterday – along with 40 or so other activists. We were there, of course, to protest the systemic abuse and killing of horses for entertainment. On this gorgeous upstate-NY summer day, 30,000 souls merrily marched through the front...
3-Year-Old “Part of the Family” Drowns While Training at Hoosier

3-Year-Old “Part of the Family” Drowns While Training at Hoosier

by Patrick Battuello | Jun 11, 2016 | Dead Athletes, Horseracing As Sport, Recommended

3-year-old Just Dance With Me died while training at Hoosier Park Tuesday. Nothing unusual there; what is is how this particular kill transpired: The Standardbred “veered off the track,” went through a fence – and drowned in an infield pond. Imagine...
“Got up and two-foot section of his intestines fell out…”

“Got up and two-foot section of his intestines fell out…”

by Patrick Battuello | Jun 5, 2016 | Dead Athletes, Recommended

From the Golden Gate Stewards Minutes: “Euthanized/Died – The Desert Rat. Horse was gelded Wednesday, May 25 and rolled in the stall. Got up and two-foot section of his intestines fell out of the incision.” “Two-foot section of his intestines...

Yes, Ray Paulick, Horseracing Is Animal Exploitation; Yes, Bill Finley, Whipping Horses Is Cruel

by Patrick Battuello | Jun 2, 2016 | Horseracing Business, Recommended, Whipping

Although I am loath (and loathe) to give Ray Paulick, one of Racing’s more notorious hacks, “clicks” or “hits” (for I know he counts them), this short clip was too good to pass up. Speaking in the wake of the duo kills at Pimlico, Paulick...
The HSUS’ Crime Against Racehorses

The HSUS’ Crime Against Racehorses

by Patrick Battuello | May 28, 2016 | Advocacy, Horseracing As Sport, Recommended

Wayne Pacelle, president/CEO of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), has penned a blog post that should shock and enrage every (true) animal advocate on the planet, as he betrays, once more, the very creatures he purports to defend. Calling for tighter...
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