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Millions of workhorses were replaced by the Industrial Revolution. That wasn't a ban, it was human life evolving. Same process is underway now to end animal exploitation.
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@DxEverywhere
This judge made it very clear that she wanted to put animal rescue away. As Wayne has eloquently stated, this is the burden that challengers of unjust laws bear. Thank You for your courage & conviction, Wayne.
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@peta
No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 11 of its athletes in 1 venue in 1 month.
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44 racehorses reported Killed For Gambling so far in 2022 by
@caCHRB
. No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of over 1 of its athletes per week in 1 state.
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CA 2023 Horses Killed For Gambling Memorial Fence brought up to date, sadly ... 21 Racehorse Fatalities reported in 12 weeks of CA's 2023 Racing Season so far by
@caCHRB
. No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 21 of its athletes in 12 weeks in 1 state.
#HorseRacing
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"There's no more need to ask why. Whatever killed those 12 racehorses, it's the same cause of death it's always been. It's us."
#horseracing
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2 dead today: "Less than 2 hrs later at
@ChurchillDowns
, 3-yr-old filly Swanson Lake suffered a left-hind injury that led to her being euthanized. She was the 9th horse to die since April 27 after racing or training at the KY track."
#HorseRacing
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Cesar Chavez Day! What a giant of human evolution.
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No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 26 of its athletes in 17 weeks in just 1 state.
#HorseRacing
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BOOM! "In a major move that will change California horse racing, The Stronach Group is slated to announce Monday that it will cease racing at
@GGFracing
in the Bay Area at the end of its meeting on Dec. 18." Makes Fair Racing in NorCal more difficult.
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So why must rescue & aftercare nonprofits literally beg for funds to keep these horses out of the slaughter pipeline & care for them after the
#HorseRacing
industry can't make this $ off them?
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10/x "...including what is known as 'cribbing'—biting on its gate, for example, & contracting its neck muscles while pulling backward & grunting—or pacing, kicking, & even self-harm. ...
#HorseRacing
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"It is the horses that are feeding everyone in a multibillion-dollar industry. It is the humans who are letting them down." No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 7 of its athletes in 9 days at its flagship venue during its flagship event.
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Tonight, the
@sandiegodems
, representing the 2nd-largest Dem voter registration in CA and the home county of
@DelMarRacing
, overwhelmingly passed a Resolution calling for the Repeal of the Legalization of Gambling on Live Horse Races in the California Constitution.
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8th Sudden Death & 45th Horse Killed for Gambling in CA Racing Season per
@caCHRB
. No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of over 1 of its athletes per week in 1 state.
@losalracing
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YAY, horses given a respite from risking their lives for gambling. 19 Killed For Gambling in CA so far in 2023 Racing Season per
@caCHRB
. No legit sport would tolerate the deaths of 2 of its athletes per week in 1 state.
@santaanitapark
Following Overnight Rains
@santaanitapark
Has Cancelled Friday’s 8-Race Card, Racing Will Resume Saturday With First Post At 12:30 P.M.
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@NBCSports
@PatrickMahomes
Jockeys have a higher rate of concussion than NFL players, which is saying something. And then there's the 7 dead athletes in 9 days in
#horseracing
's flagship venue during its flagship event. Don't think the NFL would tolerate this.
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@DerbyMedia
@ChurchillDowns
No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 4 of its athletes in 6 days at its flagship venue a week before its flagship event. More horses pulled up & vanned off today.
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Betting on live
#HorseRacing
in CA dropped over 50% fr 2007 to 2021, but Computer Assisted Wagering by very wealthy bettors has at least tripled in the same period. It's like Wall Street & the horses keep losing.
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@DxEverywhere
BOOM! Thank You for the additional pressure in NorCal, DXE!
Millions of workhorses were replaced by the Industrial Revolution. That wasn't a ban, it was human life evolving. Same process is underway now to end animal exploitation.
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"Not in any other sport, of course, would the deaths of so many 'athletes,' as the industry often refers to its racehorses, be tolerated."
The Good Die Young: Grappling with the Moral Ramifications of
#HorseRacing
via
@baltimoremag
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YES! Farewell to Turf Hell! "The pending sale, which was first reported by the website Axios Phoenix, will likely result in the racetrack being bulldozed and redeveloped."
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"Blumenauer, founder, & co-chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, specifically requested the results of necropsies & a comprehensive report 'be made public to provide transparency & exemplify your commitment to the integrity of the sport."
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@RacingTV
"There have been three horse deaths at the 2023 meeting. Hill Sixteen died after falling at the first fence in the Grand National."
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No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 41 of its athletes in 26 wks of competition in just 1 state, as reported by the
@caCHRB
-- a 25% increase over the same point in 2022. 7 Deaths reported in the past 8 days.
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No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 27 of its athletes in 19 weeks in just 1 state.
5/19/21: 29 Racehorse Deaths reported by
@caCHRB
in 20 weeks of CA's 2021 racing season.
5/19/23: 27 Racehorse Deaths reported by
@caCHRB
Where's all that "improvement" in
#horseracing
?
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"
#GoldenGateFields
will not race on Friday bc/ of insufficient entries, the 6th such cancellation since mid-April, the track announced on Sunday."
14 days til it "finds its friends" among 45 other U.S. tracks closed since 2000.
#HorseRacing
#California
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“You can’t persist in a sport if most of the world regards it as cruel.”
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MUST READ. "'Emotion is … more primitive and instinctual in a horse,' Peters writes in his book Evidence Based Horsemanship, which he co-authored with reputed trainer Martin Black. 'They are constantly asking: ‘Am I safe?’”
#HorseRacing
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"Churchill Downs has had no public reaction to any of the equine deaths."
#HorseRacing
No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 4 of its athletes in 6 days at its flagship venue a week before its flagship event.
via
@WDRBNews
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2 more Horses Killed For Gambling
@ChurchillDowns
ON
@KentuckyDerby
Day: Chloe's Dream, 3yo Gelding in Race 2 & Freezing Point in Race 8, the Pat Day Mile. 7 Horses Killed in 9 days at
@ChurchillDowns
incl'g
@KentuckyDerby
Day. No legitimate sport would tolerate this.
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This is heartwrenching about WWI warhorses & a racehorse terrified by the whip.
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Fr last night nr Hell Mar, Cruel As Ever, where 5 racehorses have lost their lives Racing or Training so far in 5 wks of this year's Summer Meet: Pastor T, Vagabond Prayer, Episode Five, Ghostem, Nevisian Sunrise.
No legitimate sport would tolerate this.
@DelMarRacing
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Please join in Signing this Petition to Netflix to STOP filming a documentary glorifying abusive horse racing!
No legitimate sport would tolerate 12 deaths of its "athletes" in the first 6 weeks of the CA 2023 Racing season:
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Horrific conditions for horses on a property not far from
@DelMarRacing
, owned by Thoroughbred Breeders & Owners listed in Equibase. 1/x
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Mother Nature sparing the horses today at Aqueduct, Penn National & Charles Town from risking their lives so that 1% of U.S. adults can gamble on them racing.
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See drone video of the horse ranch of
@caCHRB
-licensed racehorse owners not far from
@DelMarRacing
being investigated for animal neglect.
"CA Code 597(b) requires protection from the weather. We showed Reynolds our drone video..." 1/2
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"1 of the horses lost was Respect the Code, 3rd in the listed Clocker's Corner Stakes at
#SantaAnitaPark
earlier this yr. The 4yo son of Honor Code was en route to be sold at the
@FasigTiptonCo
Horses of Racing Age Sale on July 10."
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Dead Industry Walking: 45 tracks closed since 2000, +
#GoldenGateFields
in June 2024, Aqueduct & Laurel in 2026. DOWN: Races 55% since 1989; Foal crop 2/3's since 1986. Trainers 1/2 since 2000. Wagering handle 50% since 2002.
#HorseRacing
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"As Havnameltdown was put down, the crowd, seemingly oblivious to the tragedy taking place on the track, danced to 2Pac’s 'California Love.'”
#horseracing
@PimlicoRC
@1stRacing
@BobBaffert
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This aftn, the CEO of
@DelMarRacing
spent the 1st 5+ min of his presentation to the Del Mar Fairgrounds Board about the upcoming Summer Meet explaining away the 7 horse deaths in
@KentuckyDerby
Week. We let ‘Em have it in our 2 min Public Comment. They know they're effed.
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3 VANS IN 1 DAY, W/ 2 CONFIRMED FATALITIES.
@santaanitapark
@caCHRB
RIP MERIT SONG
RIP DECORATED MY LIFE
Status of SIERRA PASS Unknown.
6 Horses Killed For Gambling
@santaanitapark
in 2023 CA Racing Season, of 14 Statewide: 2 per week.
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@jmpaquette
@ljlmvel
No legitimate sport would tolerate the daily deaths of its athletes: "On average, 2 TB horses lose their lives every day on U.S. tracks." Prominent owner Earle Macke, former U.S. Ambassador to Finland, a
@jockeyclub
member,
@TheNYRA
trustee, & strong advocate for TB aftercare
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"racing’s current revenue streams can no longer support 2 tracks, but help fr casino-type gambling @ the facilities is off the table. & the state legislature is no longer willing to pour 100s of millions of $s into renovating both tracks"
#Preakness
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3-yr-old colt Danzing Alydar fell in the final stretch of today's final race in
#GoldenGateFields
' penultimateseason & was ambulanced fr the track, per the official Race Chart:
“came in tight, clipped heels & fell inside of the 3/16ths marker & was vanned off.”
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Can't stop the 30+-yr decline of U.S.
#HorseRacing
-- throwing good $ after bad: 40+ tracks closed since 2000. In 1989, 74K+ races; in 2022, only 33,453. The annual foal crop down nearly 2/3's since 1986. The # of Trainers dropped by half since 2000.
I am amazed and motivated at the overwhelming support that the new Association has received!!!!!
I have a name for the association that is are awaiting final approval.
Not only have so many people reached out for our cause to make the horse racing industry better, but I’ve had
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Flatterwithjewels, 7-yr-old mare raced 29 times, did NOT want to go in the Starting Gate today in Race 2 at
#SantaAnitaPark
, but was forced in by several "Asst Starters"/Gate Thugs. She said EFF YOU, dumping jockey Geovanni Franco right out the Gate, ... 1/2
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"Cayton Kid, a 4-yr-old filly owned by Huston Racing Stables &
@kyleferraro99
, died after suffering a training injury"
@santaanitapark
. (NOTE: Ferraro is the son of
@caCHRB
Chair Gregory Ferraro.)
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"A month after being summarily suspended by the OK
#HorseRacing
Commission, jockey Cody Rodger Smith has been charged w/ a felony related to use of a buzzer in a horse race on Nov. 15, 2022... Smith ... ranked 24th by earnings in 2022 & fourth in 2019."
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#BrokenHorses
, streaming on Hulu: “The sport can do all the necropsies they want, but until they hold people accountable for basically poor horsemanship, this is probably going to go on.” Joe Drape, NY Times reporter
#HorseRacing
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What “sport” must whip its athletes to perform & euthanize them on the field during training and during the “game”? If 1 “athlete” per week died in any other sport, as at
@DelMarRacing
this summer, that sport would be shut down.
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Let horses off the hook as the only legal bet in CA for 90 yrs -- vote Yes on Prop 27 this November, & then we can lobby to get our Legislature to put a Proposition on the 2024 Ballot to repeal legalized gambling on live horse racing!
YES on Prop 27!
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For the past 2 yrs, we have asked the whereabouts of horses injured in CA races &
@caCHRB
& the industry make huge excuses why not feasible.
MAJOR CHANGE in the horseracing industry: "In relation to this, Lazarus also expanded on HISA's 'whereabouts' program, which essentially ensures that all horses under HISA's remit are accounted for at all times."
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Dead on her 3rd birthday. "The race was marred when Decorated My Life sustained a leg injury when the field crossed over the drirt track. Decorated My Life was euthanized, according to track stewards." 13th Horse Killed in 2023 CA Racing Season.
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Horses don't get to vote. "The remainder of the day's 8-race card was cancelled, an unnamed official for the track telling the Thoroughbred Daily News that Cedillo's fellow jockeys voted not to ride."
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"Horses housed on the track really do spend long periods in their stalls, which is known to increase risk of GI ulcers & stress behaviors. They really don't get much chance to socialize, which is mentally challenging for a herd animal."
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#HorseRacing
kills horses. That's the answer, no need to keep looking. Keep transitioning your business to gambling which doesn't use animals. Help the human & horse labor you've profited off of for decades make this transition as well.
@ChurchillDowns
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"The necdin (NDN) gene was identified as the most important in the Thoroughbred response. In humans, this gene is associated with paranoia; in cattle it's affiliated with temperament... 1/2
#HorseRacing
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"The most savage part about
#HorseRacing
isn’t the trainers, the doping, the cheating, the racist pregame songs, or even animal deaths — it’s the people in their fancy attire getting shitfaced in the infield as another colt or gelding is hauled off...1/2
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No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 2 of its athletes in 2 days at the same venue.
@caCHRB
reports 1st 2 Horses Killed For Gambling in 2023 CA Racing Season, both @ Los Alamitos on 12/31 & 1/1 in Stakes Races: Famous Miss Kitty placed 1st, vanned off, now reported dead. In My Heart placed 3rd, no report in Chart, now reported dead.
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"Horse racing, already under intense scrutiny over horse deaths, suffered yet another very public display of the sport's troubling side." Truth once more revealed at a showcase event for
#HorseRacing
.
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In reality, either way this goes, CA racing is in trouble. SoCal racing counting on Simulcast revenues fr NorCal when there’s no live racing there. So if NorCal pulls it off, bad news for SoCal.
#HorseRacing
#California
The Stronach Group announced the permanent closure of
#GoldenGateFields
last July, then gave an add'l 6 mo's to get a transition plan together when it extended that closure to this June. A viable path wouldn't take this long to emerge.
#HorseRacing
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Last race on Closing Day of Los Alamitos Winter TB Meet, $100K King Glorious Stakes: Please Focus (H3) "Ducked Out on his own accord" per Stewards, dumping Jockey Mario Gutierrez. "both horse & jockey are reportedly okay." RESISTOR!
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"there's no shelter for the horses... it's against CA penal code … Not getting an appropriate diet," Audrey Reynolds w/ Saving Horses Inc. said. "There were horses that looked like they hadn't been touched in yrs. Their manes are so long & struggled."
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5/19/21: 29 Racehorse Deaths reported by
@caCHRB
in 20 weeks of CA's 2021 racing season.
5/19/23: 27 Racehorse Deaths reported by
@caCHRB
Where's all that "improvement" in
#horseracing
?
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During Public Comment @ the State Board of Directors Mtg yesterday,
#HorseRacing
apologist's reaction to the 4th & 5th Sudden Deaths of horses
@DelMarRacing
after races this past Opening Weekend of
#BingSeason
: "Horses aren't intelligent creatures." They hurt themselves.
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@RacingTV
@_Davy_Russel_
@ABE_Dubai
That's certifiable Horseshite. Races are often delayed. Hill Sixteen died bc/ of a brutal race, like 2 other horses during this 1 meet.
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"We must acknowledge it is highly likely that
@TheNYRA
New York Racing Assn, the New York Gaming Commission, the Kentucky Racing Commission, &
@ChurchillDowns
Racetrack were all aware of the potential violation that was kept quiet before the Derby."
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@TimSullivan714
No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 11 of its athletes in 1 venue in 1 month.
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What “sport” must whip its athletes to perform & euthanize them on the field during training and during the “game”? If 1 “athlete” per week died in any other sport, as at
@DelMarRacing
Racetrack this summer, that sport would be shut down.
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@paulickreport
No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 4 of its athletes in 6 days at its flagship venue a week before its flagship event. More horses pulled up & vanned off today.
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23rd Racehorse Death in CA in 2024 that we know of:
"Matanzas Creek, a 4-yr-old son of Empire Maker, crossed the line 1st as the 4-5 favorite in a 6-furlong allowance at
#SantaAnitaPark
Saturday aftn, but fell about 50 yds past the wire & was later euthanized, ...
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No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 28 of its athletes in less than 1 yr at just 1 venue (1st 2023 Death at
#SantaAnitaPark
was on Jan. 20), much less 84 deaths in 1 yr in just 1 state (1st 2023 Death in CA on Dec. 31st).
#HorseRacing
@caCHRB
State horse racing officials Tuesday reported the first racehorse fatality of 2024, a 6-year-old gelding with just one career race that died after a training injury at Santa Anita.
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Millions of workhorses were replaced by the Industrial Revolution. That wasn't a ban, it was human life evolving. Same process is underway now to end animal exploitation.
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5-yr-old Gelding, Rawhide Rawlins, is NOT interested in racing in the 7th at Los Alamitos TB Meet on Closing Day. He's a repeat RESISTOR! He finished Last of 7 horses. "They love to race". NOT
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No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of 47* of its athletes in 28 wks of competition in just 1 state (CA), much less 2 deaths of its athletes in 4 days in just 1 venue (
#DelMarRacing
).
#CruelAsEver
The
@caCHRB
reports the 2nd Horse Death of
#DelMarRacing
’s 2024 Summer Meet, 3-yr-old filly Savanah Lady died in Training today at Del Mar, who is listed as a Non-Musculoskeletal Death, which in our experience often means Sudden Death:
#CruelAsEver
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"'Owners are getting out of the industry,' Moger said. 'We had up to 35 mares at our farm that were bred last year; this year we'll be lucky to breed 10.' 1/2
#HorseRacing
#NorCal
#California
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NO RACING at
@santaanitapark
this weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun), Thank You, Mother Nature for this reprieve for the horses' lives being risked for gambling. RIP Big Talker, 16th Racehorse Fatality reported by
@caCHRB
in Monday's 6th Race
@santaanitapark
, "Sudden Death".
Due to unprecedented winter conditions forecast for Southern California through this weekend,
@santaanitapark
has cancelled Saturday and Sunday’s racing programs prior to entries being taken for either day.
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2nd son of Nyquist dead at CA racetrack in 2023, Press On trained by John Sadler, owned by Don Valpredo, died in Training at Santa Anita today, per
@caCHRB
. 7th Horse Killed For Gambling in CA 2023 Racing Season. Alsalam died 1/9 Training at Los Al, also musculoskeletal.
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You see a number of racehorses
@DelMarRacing
bred in Ireland, denoted by (IRE) after the horse's name.
Great article here about how Ireland slaughters thoroughbreds >>>
This article gives figures for the amount of horses that have never seen a racetrack and are slaughtered at one year old and some are younger, babies delivered to slaughter.
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No legitimate sport would tolerate the deaths of over 1 of its athletes per week in just 1 state. 46 Racehorse Fatalities reported by
@caCHRB
as of 10/1/22.
Johneedwnthestreet, 3-yr-old filly, today reported Dead on 10/1/22 by
@caCHRB
, listed as "Neurological". She raced 5 times this yr, all
@GGFracing
-- last on 9/9, then in Jan-Feb-Mar, & 3 times in 2021
@GGFracing
& Pleasonton. 46th Horse Killed For Gambling in 2022 CA season.
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Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. You can't defend
#HorseRacing
, with 62 Horse Deaths reported so far in CA's 2023 Racing Season by
@caCHRB
, up 38% over this pt in 2022, incl'g 17 at
#SantaAnitaPark
, up 89% over this pt in 2022. No legitimate sport would tolerate this.
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2/2 "...in an equine ambulance for one last syringe. I can’t think of a worse way to go than surrounded by a bunch of belligerent simpletons wearing pastel fedoras and bouquets on their heads.”
#HorseRacing
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"People gathered to protest the
@DelMarRacing
horse races Thursday. The demonstration was organized by a group called Kill Racing Not Horses.
"They held signs spelling 'Kill Racing Not Horses' on the I-5 overpass on Del Mar Heights Road"
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The
@caCHRB
reports the death in Training of unraced, 2-yr-old colt Alsalam on Mon., January 9, 2023, at Los Alamitos Race Course. Alsalam is listed by the CHRB as trained by Bob Baffert & the death as “Musculoskeletal” & “Pending”:
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@BelmontStakes
@SBJ
@LemireJoe
No legitimate sport would tolerate the daily deaths of its athletes: "On average, 2 TB horses lose their lives every day on U.S. tracks." Prominent owner Earle Macke, former U.S. Ambassador to Finland, a
@jockeyclub
member,
@TheNYRA
trustee, & strong advocate for TB aftercare
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Taking out the trash on Super Bowl Sunday about the husband of a
#HorseRacing
on-air personality,
@ChristinaFDTV
: "Trainer Dan Blacker was suspended 90 days & fined $15,000 by Santa Anita stewards (
@caCHRB
) on Sunday..."
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San Luis Rey Training Center is an auxiliary stable for
@DelMarRacing
. Storm Spun was one of 7 horses who died under Trainer Peter Miller's care in 2021/22.
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