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CBS News reports the following on July 26, 2022: Another horse has died in a training accident at Los Alamitos, state horse racing officials announced. Rapacious, who died Tuesday, July 26, 2022, was an unraced 2-year-old colt trained by Bob Baffert, according to the California Horse Racing Board. Rapacious is the tenth racehorse to die… Continue reading Colt dies as racehorse fatalities mount up at Los Alamitos
HISA refers to the “Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act.” This Act creates a Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (“Authority”) as a private self-regulatory organization. The Authority must develop rules related to horseracing, including anti-doping, medication control and racetrack safety rules. Predictably, it is already in trouble. REUTERS reports: (Reuters) — A federal judge on Tuesday… Continue reading Injunction Halts Implementation of HISA Rules in LA, WV
(HORSE RACING) — Patrick Battuello, chronicler of racehorse killings at Horse Racing Wrongs, recently reported the death of 7-year old Sing the Dream in a claiming race for 4 yo's+ at Aqueduct, Saturday afternoon, January 27, 2018. It was Sing the Dream's 50th race. Battuello states the horse "fell heavily" (Equibase) and was euthanized where… Continue reading Book Review: Missionville by Alex Brown
Correction 1.25 pm: 7 deaths not 17. Hope this error does not turn out to some sort of dark omen. SARATOGA, New York — Patrick Battuello of Horseracingwrongs.com reports: In the final race of the afternoon yesterday at Saratoga, this for 4-year-old Brooklyn Major (Equibase): "BROOKLYN MAJOR three wide at the half mile pole, was… Continue reading 7 racehorses killed so far at Saratoga in 2017
We occasionally spotlight Patrick Battuello's posts on Tuesday's Horse to highlight the murder and mayhem that is horseracing in the US, hopeful that you will follow HorseRacingWrongs.com and take part by sharing far and wide on social media. Social media sharing is the modern era way of spreading the word. We encourage you to please… Continue reading Racing kills Money Makin Mike at Santa Anita
by PATRICK BATTUELLO HorseRacingWrongs.com I was at Saratoga Race Course yesterday - along with 40 or so other activists. We were there, of course, to protest the systemic abuse and killing of horses for entertainment. On this gorgeous upstate-NY summer day, 30,000 souls merrily marched through the front gates, anticipating a social scene practically unrivaled… Continue reading Death at a Party: 30,000 Witness Two Kills at Saratoga
Patrick Battuello of Horse Racing Wrongs reports the following on Del Mar's first day kill: Yesterday [July 15] was opening day at the famed and celebrated Del Mar Racetrack – “Where the Turf Meets the Surf.” Great food, summery libations, wacky hats, hobnobbing, glass-tipping, shoulder-rubbing. . . and death? In the 6th race yesterday afternoon… Continue reading A first day racing kill for Del Mar and a training kill for Saratoga
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