1,400 dead horses, a fading sport, and huge subsidies — Pennsylvania horse racing faces a reckoning

Introduction Sam Wood, reporting for the Philadelphia Enquirer, has written a much needed and eye-opening report entitled "1,400 dead horses, a fading sport, and huge subsidies — Pennsylvania horse racing faces a reckoning." We are aware of the carnage on America's racetracks. We are aware also that horse racing is a fading sport and has…

Coverage of Santa Anita carnage rolls on

The drama surrounding Santa Anita, the current poster child for racetrack carnage in America, continues as those in and out of horse racing debate and comment. Commentators are citing things like the track surface, bad weather, how often horses are being pushed to race to fill cards to meet gambling quotas, as reasons for the…