Horseracing Wrongs The boxscore line for Nisbet Beach in the 1st today at Aqueduct: “NISBET BEACH…chased just off the inside, was in a bit tight between foes and nudged half a mile from home, suffered an injury just outside the three-eighths pole and fell heavily at that station, then was attended to by veterinarian and…

Originally posted on Fahrenheit451Bookstore :
by Bob Avakian In my statement of August 1 of last year, I put forward the analysis that, in the particular circumstances of this presidential election and the truly profound stakes it posed, if the Trump/Pence regime remained in power at the time of this election, it would be necessary…

Horseracing Wrongs Through a FOIA request to the Virginia Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kill at Colonial Downs last year: Alaapatique, Aug 5, R – “fractured sesamoid bones, LF” (Colonial Downs is the lone Thoroughbred track in Virginia and ran only 14 days of live racing last year. There were also four steeplechase…

Horseracing Wrongs The CHRB has disclosed the death of Munny today at Golden Gate, no details provided. Munny was last raced a week ago. She was three years old. View original post

Originally posted on Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting Blog:
“There was no hurt nor malice in his soul, he thought good of everyone and everything” https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/man-18-who-died-fighting-19802895 19COMMENTS ByJada JonesReporter 19:08, 9 FEB 2021 NEWSSee news near you Mike Hill?(Image: Mike Hill, the 18-year-old who sadly died attempting to save hares from being hunted.) Make sure…

Horseracing Wrongs The NYS Gaming Commission reports this for Kj Brent yesterday at Monticello: “euthanized in barn following fall & fracture.” Kj was nine; he was slated to be raced Friday. He is the 9th horse to die at a NY track this year (five weeks, that is). View original post

Originally posted on Exposing the Big Game:
After a barrage of comments from hunters (most of which went straight to the trash since this is an ANTI hunting blog, not a forum for hunters to re-hash the same feeble rationalizations we’ve all heard a thousand times before), I was considering answering to some of the more commonly spewed of them in…

Horseracing Wrongs Once again, Governor Wolf of Pennsylvania has submitted a budget that would strip some $200 million in annual corporate welfare from that state’s horseracing industry and redirect it where it belongs: education. (Last year, the governor proposed the same, but then covid happened.) The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Sam Wood took dead aim at the…

Horseracing Wrongs Through a FOIA request to the Minnesota Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following deaths at that state’s two tracks in 2020. As always, the response came with this: “Minnesota veterinary medicine laws prevent us from providing any additional identifying information.” That said, surely most, if not all, of the “racing related deceased”…

Horseracing Wrongs Through a FOIA request to the Wyoming Pari-Mutuel Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks in 2020. Cowlick Hero, Jul 11, Wyoming T – “flipped and hit head” Walk Thru the Bar, Jul 19, Wyoming T – “fell at wire” Turbulent Eyes, Aug 1, Wyoming R – “stifle locked…