Casualties of $2 Bets, 7/31/17-8/6/17

HORSE RACING WRONGS -- Another horrific activity, right up there with hound hunting, rodeos (all types), and other animal exploitation activities that relish cruelty for the sake of a cruel need to dominate, or in this case, to place a $2 bet.  Check out the daily deaths reported at www.horseracingwrongs.com and keep in mind that these are stats only of horses killed at races.  Harness racing deaths are not counted, and worse, neither are deaths that occur when NO ONE is watching or monitoring during training.  The death lists for the year are diabolical--all horse racing must be stopped!  Also, to save money, "non-winners" or "broke down but still alive" are sent to auctions where kill buyers purchase for very little.  They are jammed into stock trailers for often day-long treks (no food or water; some fall and are trampled) to extremely inhumane slaughter in Mexico or Canada.  

New post on Horseracing Wrongs

Casualties of $2 Bets, 7/31/17-8/6/17 by Patrick Battuello Last week in U.S. horseracing - not including training and harness casualties. Brooklyn Major "fatally collapsed after crossing the finish line" at Saratoga Purrin' Proud "vanned off" at Delaware Van Persie "pulled up lame, vanned off" at Penn It Is Back "went bad, pulled up lame, vanned off" at Penn Zipping By "vanned off" at Charles Town Dance With Gio "broke down" at Delaware Chickawaw Charlie "rank, vanned off" at Evangeline Liza Star "vanned off" at Gulfstream Fall Colors "falling heavily...fatal fall" at Saratoga John's Island "vanned off" at Saratoga Munjaz "went wrong, vanned off" at Saratoga - subsequently confirmed dead Fear the Beard "bled" at Albuquerque Cam "went bad...when rider sensed something wrong" at Belterra Marvelous Kaos "bad step...in distress...vanned off" at Del Mar He's a Slam Dunk "vanned off" at Monmouth Art Boss "bad step...pulled up lame...vanned off" at Penn Tres Primeros "bled, vanned off" at Ruidoso Mr Bill Bass "vanned off" at Ruidoso Praksis "vanned off" at Albuquerque Sheza Divine Diva "went bad, vanned off" at Belterra These Are the Days "bled" at Ellis Becknerville "bled, vanned off" at Ellis Steam Burner "pulled up abruptly in distress...euthanized" at Evangeline Spy Dancer "in distress, vanned off" at Indiana Fiery Fury "vanned off" at Los Alamitos Joe Tess "pulled up in distress" at Thistledown Irish Keys "vanned off" at Columbus Twice the Drama "vanned off" at Mountaineer Dont Gang Up On Me "fell, vanned off" at Prairie Crushed Ice "fell behind a fallen rival [above], vanned off" at Prairie Unbroken Chain "bad steps...subsequently euthanized" at Saratoga Thirsty Donnerstag "onto the backstretch in apparent distress" at Saratoga (Chart Terms: "Broke Down" - racing-speak for dead; "Vanned Off" - required horse ambulance to get off the track; many, if not most, of these animals will resurface on my year-end FOIA kill-reports; "Bled" - usually indicates pulmonary hemorrhage)