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2-Year-Old Killed on Eureka's 4th Day; Death at Finger Lakes; A Slew of Injured/Sick at Keeneland
I have confirmed that Dynastys Third Sign, an “injured, DNF” in the 9th at Eureka Sunday, is indeed dead. This poor girl was just two. The complicit: Thomas Scheckel, Fernando Ivan Manriquez, Edwin Escobedo. Eureka, as I relayed (with, I might add, a prescient title), has just returned after a 16-year hiatus, and this was…
Santana Charged With Strangling Girlfriend; Breeders' Cup Claims Zero Tolerance for Violence, Except…
Star jockey Ricardo Santana Jr was arrested in Louisville Monday. The charges: first degree strangulation, assault. Yes, strangulation – which he allegedly did to his girlfriend twice that day. Besides the obvious here – someone with this level of rage issues should never be around defenseless horses – there’s this from the Breeders’ Cup (Santana…
"Why Do We Cheer for the Abuse of Horses?"
I was recently a guest on Talk World Radio (couldn’t have titled it better myself)… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1oTToEu3XM
The Animal Cruelty at Parx Went Beyond the Horses Sunday
The cruelty at Parx went beyond the mere quotidian Sunday with, as the track put it, “Exotic Animal Races featuring zebras, ostriches, and camels!” As I’ve oft said, this industry’s moral depravity knows no bounds. Here is a video made by Revolution Philadelphia (our PA partners) member Mia Rivera. Watch as a terrified ostrich flails…
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