by Patrick Battuello | Jan 28, 2016 | Ongoing Abuse
11 (soon to be 12)-year-old Sun City has been put to the whip 137 times. The 137th came this past Monday in a $2500 claiming race (all but 7 of her races have been claiming) at Portland Meadows; she finished last. And so the question becomes, when? As in when will...
by Patrick Battuello | Jan 20, 2016 | Ongoing Abuse
The ugly facts on a 5-year-old (soon to be 6) mare named BL’s Dream: total times under the whip, 86 – all claiming races in 2015, 26 – that’s once every two weeks in one summer stretch at Gulfstream, she was run four times in 30 days closed out...
by Patrick Battuello | Jan 17, 2016 | Ongoing Abuse
4-year-old Tiz Time to Shake’s last three races (Equibase): August 31, Saratoga – “returned in distress, vanned off” December 20, Aqueduct – “stumbled badly, fell to face…DNF” Yesterday, Aqueduct – “DNF,...
by Patrick Battuello | Jan 15, 2016 | Horseracing As Sport, Ongoing Abuse
Wednesday at Penn National (from Equibase charts): race 2: Stand by Your Man – “vanned off” race 4: Arrest in Pieces – “ran off when he got to the gate, reluctant to load once they got him back”; finished last, 21+ lengths back race...
by Patrick Battuello | Jan 5, 2016 | Ongoing Abuse
I have posted twice previously on Halos and Angels: 11/18/14, “Halos and Angels: Dead Horse Walking” 10/19/15, “Halos and Angels’ Hell Continues…” After that last horrible race on October 17, nothing (again) for over 2 1/2 months....
by Patrick Battuello | Dec 9, 2015 | Ongoing Abuse
Back in August 2014, I reported on an in-the-process-of-being-beaten-into-the-dirt 9-year-old, 99-start gelding named Threewisemen. In that post, I besought trainer/owner Russell Polichena to release the long-abused horse from his servitude. That plea (of course) went...
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