BOYCOTT HORSE RACING
RACED TO DEATH – REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBLE
THOUSANDS MORE ARE SLAUGHTERED AFTER THEIR RACING DAYS ARE OVER
Goldberg reports on the combination of drugs and overuse that contribute to this nauseating death toll.
The feature, entitled “Raced to Death,” was prompted by the spike in racing fatalities this winter at Santa Anita Park and begins with videos of horses sustaining fatal injuries while racing at the Arcadia, Calif., track.
“The fallout was fast and furious, the deaths quickly becoming a national story,” Goldberg says.
“This much is known: what happened to the horses at Santa Anita is just the tip of an iceberg the public knows virtually nothing about.”
Stating that some of Rarick’s France-based horses may be smaller than many horses in the U.S., Goldberg adds without substantiation, “That’s because American horses are often pumped with steroids from birth to add muscle so they’ll sell for more at auction.”
EXPOSE THAT INSPIRED “RACED TO DEATH”
A 4 month investigation at Churchhill Downs shows death and injuries of racehorses are “business as usual”.
Investigation reveals chronic misuse of drugs, reportedly to enhance horses’ performance and mask their injuries.
FROM BIRTH TO DEATH MOST HORSES USED FOR RACING ARE TREATED LIKE DISPOSABLE COMMODITIES
“You can not believe how many [horses] they hurt and kill before they ever even get to the race track. It’s mind blowing.”
“I would see betters in the stands reading statistics on the racing forms, and I would think they don’t know how sore and injured these horses are, they [betters] are being duped.”
In the video, Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens and Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas joke about the use of illegal, painful, dangerous, shocking devices being used to win races.
The reality of horse racing is not the rolling green hills often depicted, instead you’ll find factory farms where syringes are the most important tool.
USA TODAY
FORNEY, Texas — Mike McBarron stepped out of the 96-degree heat and into a shed on his feedlot after loading 37 horses onto a truck. They were headed to Mexico, where they would be slaughtered and shipped around the world for human consumption.
“It’s just a job to me,” McBarron told USA TODAY Sports. “I mean, I don’t attach myself to them. I don’t fall in love with them.”
McBarron, 48, is one of the country’s most prolific “kill buyers,” people who buy horses and sell them to slaughterhouses. They also represent an uncomfortable reality for the horse racing industry.
In 2017, almost 79,000 horses, some of them thoroughbreds, were transported to Mexico or Canada under abhorrent circumstances — crammed into trucks or trailers for more than 24 hours without food or water — to be slaughtered under often brutal conditions.
Exhausted, terrified, dehydrated and hungry, these horses are usually shocked and bled-out.
Sometimes, when the shock is incorrectly administered, as is often the case, horses are skinned and dismembered while still conscious, according to the Humane Society of the United States.
NEW YORK TIMES
36,000 thoroughbreds bred each year. It costs $2,000 per year to keep a horse after his or her career is over.
Make no mistake about it, precious few are “turned out to pasture”. Most end up on a slaughter truck bound for a slaughter plant in Canada – or when bred in the USA, they are sent to slaughter in either Canada or Mexico.
Horse slaughter is referred to as “waste management”.
HORSE RACING IS A SPECTACLE OF ABUSE – NOT SPORT
CBC: THE NATIONAL JULY 15, 2019 Three more horses had to be euthanized after the final night of the Calgary Stampede’s chuckwagon races, pushing total horse deaths at the 2019 event to six.
GLOBAL NEWS: JULY 16, 2019 Six horse deaths at Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races renew calls for change read more
CBC: May 18, 2018 Intense exercise linked to hundreds of deaths of Ontario racehorses… read more
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY: MARCH 16, 2019 Broken Legs and Heart Attacks: Unavoidable in Horse Racing? read more
YAHOO FINANCE: MARCH 9, 2020 50 Horse Deaths at U.S. Tracks in 2021 Underscore Need for Further Reforms in Horseracing read more
BLOOD HORSE: JUNE 18, 2021 Report: 74 Equine Deaths for Baffert Since 2000 read more
No horse deserves to die for gambling profits.
Thousands of horses are slaughtered every year because they are not good enough to make it to the track, or they race but don’t win enough and even after they have won – in some cases millions.
Join us in vowing to never watch or attend a horse race and to never place a bet on one either.
“No other accepted sport exploits defenseless animals as gambling chips.
No other accepted sport tolerates the cruelties that routinely result in the injury and death of these magnificent animals.”
TATTOO SAVES HORSE
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PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS OF HORSEMEAT
AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Quotes are taken from a review published January 26, 2023, titled A review of horses sent to slaughter for human consumption: impact of horsemeat consumption, residual banned drugs, and public health risks...the exportation of...
THE NEW YORKER PODCAST “BLOOD ON THE TRACKS”
CAN HORSE RACING SURVIVE? In a time of changing sensitivities, an ancient sport struggles to justify itself.In 2019, dozens of thoroughbreds died at California’s Santa Anita Park. As outrage built, the industry was forced to contend with an existential question: Is...
USA TODAY: Horses go from Racetracks to Slaughterhouses
Re-post worthy article and VIDEO from USA TODAY.FORNEY, Texas — Mike McBarron stepped out of the 96-degree heat and into a shed on his feedlot after loading 37 horses onto a truck. They were headed to Mexico, where they would be slaughtered and shipped around the...
HORSE RACING HAS OUTLIVED ITS TIME
THE WASHINGTON POST - OPINION MARCH 13, 2020 - By Editorial BoardIN THE aftermath of federal indictments that charged more than two dozen people in or associated with horse racing in “a widespread, corrupt” doping scheme, the industry rushed to put on a good face. The...
A SPORT THAT GAMBLES WITH HORSES’ LIVES
THE WASHINGTON POST - OPINION DOES A SPORT THAT GAMBLES WITH THE LIVES OF HORSES REALLY BELONG IN OUR WORLD? JANUARY 25, 2020 - By Editorial BoardTHE DEATHS of nearly two dozen horses last year at Santa Anita Park in California caused the famed racetrack to close for...
ASPCA: “Horse Slaughter is NOT Euthanasia”
Last year, approximately 80,000 American horses were trucked over our borders (to Canada and Mexico) to be slaughtered for human consumption. Until this practice is banned and Congress passes a law against slaughter here in the U.S., no horse is safe. The term...
NBC Chicago 5: Life After Racing from Stud to Slaughter
With special thanks to Emily Feldman (May 2013). It is well-documented that many racehorses end up at slaughter auctions within a week of their last race, despite the fact that many tracks aross the country have policies opposing this practice,” said Nancy Perry, the...
Santa Anita Horse Racing Track 23rd Horse Dead in 3 Months
With special thanks to KTLA 5. A 23rd horse fatality has occurred at Santa Anita since Dec. 26 when Arms Runner fell on the dirt crossover portion of the hillside turf course Sunday and was later euthanized. La Sardane, who was behind Arms Runner, couldn’t avoid the...
GRIM FUTURE FACING MOST OF AMERICA’S RACEHORSES
THE WASHINGTON POST - OPINION THE GRIM FUTURE FACING MOST OF AMERICA'S RACEHORSES MAY 8, 2018 - By Kathleen Parker - ColumnistREAD THE FULL ARTICLE HERE.While racing fans are always interested in historical stats, many in the horse industry are more interested in how...
ANNE TELNAES: THE HARSH REALITY OF HORSE RACING
THE WASHINGTON - ANN TELNAESJUNE 6, 2015I think the illustration says it all but Ann Telnaes also writes: The Belmont Stakes is being held today and most of the attention is focused on whether or not American Pharoah, the winner of both the Kentucky Derby and...
