Colt Killed at Golden Gate Today; 20th Death There This Year, 77th at all California Tracks

Horseracing Wrongs From the California Horse Racing Board: Dead, training at Golden Gate today, 2-year-old Streets. He is the 20th kill at Golden Gate this year, 77th at all California tracks. Keep the pressure on:Governor NewsomSenator FeinsteinSenator HarrisAssembly Speaker RendonMajority Leader HertzbergCalifornia State Senators If you haven’t already signed (over 115,000 and counting)…change.org petition to…

A Pair of Broken Backs and a Dislocated Shoulder – Three Kills in One Day at Wyoming Track

Horseracing Wrongs Sweetwater Downs is a nondescript, lightly-raced Quarterhorse track in Wyoming, a place, surely, that the vast majority of Americans have never even heard of. And the chart notes reflect that, offering just a few words per horse – the bare minimum. So it is no surprise that in my daily review of those…

Every. Day.

Horseracing Wrongs The 8th at Gulfstream yesterday, as recounted by Equibase: “ALLURSTRA…reached a short lead late on the turn, had just been overtaken when he suffered a catastrophic injury to the right front at the top of the stretch….” The 6-year-old Allurstra (below) was “For Sale” prior to suffering that “catastrophic injury” – an injury,…

23 Louisiana Raceday Kills

Horseracing Wrongs Through a FOIA request to the Louisiana State Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills on that state’s tracks thus far this year. Please note, however, that the Commission (as usual) did not forward training or off-track deaths. So, obviously, the true toll is greater than what follows, and what follows is…