Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Yes, I have been in the shedrow at both Yonkers and Meadowlands and agree that at one time they werent great. That long whip and driving savvy was an identity that made his triumphs and his name synonomous with victory. My horses, even at a full tilt run, have never even side-swiped each other., much less crashed into each other head on, or crashed into the ass end of the other horses, which I have seen at the track. We're trying our best to prevent things like this from happening. As a bettor, that's all you can ever ask of the driver. It was bad enough even for these love-to-watch-horses-get-injured-&-KILLED HORSE-KILLERS to cancel the FIFTEENTH RACE. 
AQWA CONSTRUCTIONS TROTTERS RATING HANDICAP (NR 30 to 55.) My point being that both tracks understand that providing modern stabling at the track is not economically or humane to the horses. The silence of these people means one thing they consent to the rampant corruption and cruelty of this gambling business. Tony is Ledgendary! Walter treated his horses like he treated the people who worked for him; with respect and fairness. According to steve there is basically no such thing as mistreatment of a horse. Can't have a top 210 with out David. No matter how great you treat them some get hurt. 9828. '', But Busse was wearing the old-style helmet rather than the new safety helmet when he left the Maywood paddock to drive in the next race. Again, accidents happen. He had a track timer in his head. But when there is money involved, who cares about the horses getting mangled and killed. It was a hillbilly hot mess. Honest as the day is long. At 37, he is still comparatively young in a sport where many leading drivers race into their 60's and 70's. Also suffered suspensions in 1971 and 1972, but still set singleseason record for Roosevelt of 150 winners last year. Narotsky agrees that it`s a bad habit. The following week he went to the Meadowlands and went off 50-1 morning line and raced like it. . Grasso: Three The following conversation is between Louis Grasso (veterinarian) and Ross Cohen, two others indicted in the racehorse drugging scheme; Cohen: Whats going on with the Allard death camp? Goshen, NY 10924. Bruno Facciolo, 45, 7001 Avenue U, Brooklyn, unemployed. The have a lifespan many less that 15 years or so and they die. So, by your analogy, would you encourage your pet to keep running across the street and hope they dont get hit? Certainly the slop played a part, but the hard truth of the matter is that the ENTIRE racing industry structure, from beginning rigorous training on still developing babies, to near constant confinement, to use of, at the very least, questionable substances, to the whips, chains, and tongue ties, to the final disposal of broken horses at the slaughterhouses, all of it is designed to give these sentient creatures a built in obsolescence. That is indisputable. My parents were definitely not vegetarians but we did have a vegetable garden. This sucks! And I have seen plenty of sick, crippled horses that no one in the barn at the track cared about. Its end is in sight, thank God. Top 10 Things to Do Before Asking for Help. If they so much as sneeze they are attended to immediately. He has probably the biggest upset I have ever seen. I know the difference between cleaning inside a home for human beings and cleaning inside barns and stalls for cattle and horses. Injuries slowed his wins down. Tell them about the beautiful paddocks you watched horses play in, and the sugar coated stories about the love so many owners and trainers have for horses just like them. And, Steve, all of us here know exactly what those shed rows look like, the rickety dark stalls with holes in the walls and the frames completely chewed away by stir-crazy horses. Was Harness racing in 70's to 90's in Delaware and PA (Liberty Bell Park). To evaluate the victim's head injury and corresponding helmet damage, a videotape of An aged horse will see an accident developing and react to it.''. All of my horses were poor to mediocre performers on the track. There is nothing normal about three horses getting killed, its not like a foot race. . in fact I even saw the rendering truck the next day on the highway. Lol. He was a magician! ONE HORSE BUCKLED AND LIKE DOMINOES THE COUPLE BEHIND FELL OVER. During your happy little stroll around the barns, did you see the mangled carcasses piled up in the back, waiting for the rendering truck? If the board upholds the revocation by its stewards, Marsh's next alternative would be to go to court in an effort to regain his license. Tony, there are no words. Haughton was thrown from his sulky. Even though a regular on New York circuit, he commutes regularly on weekends to his wife and three children at South Beloit, home. Imagine how bad this hideous incident was in the FOURTEENTH RACE of the day/night!!! Many people who are involved in the process of deliberately forcing horses to perform as gambling chips seem to have no sense of what is right or wrong. It doesnt seem management had much sympathy for you horse people, and your equine family! Always dangerous he knew how to rate his horses. . I honestly think harness racing is the most honest of all the parimutuel sports. Another of Stewart and Tonkins top mares, Soho Historia, is one of the major chances despite barrier 12 in the $100,000 Group 2 Riverina Championship Mares Final on Saturday night. If it were simply a matter of the track Bri g at fault, then explain how so many racehorses suffer horrific injuries on dry tracks? One of my favorites and always seemed to bail me out. Horseracing itself is a man-made disaster that exhibits a SEVERE, EXTREME AND EXCEPTIONAL LACK OF COMPASSION by putting their horses AT RISK in a highly selfish and greedy manner by subjecting horses to racing for purse money and gambling/ wagering revenue. Steve, I have heard your argument ad nauseam about the people who love their horses. AUSTRALIAN PACING GOLD GOLD BULLION 2YO FILLIES HEAT ONE (No NR.) Private farms might offer sunny barns and AC and clean shavings up to the horses belly buttons, but racetrack barns are literal shit holes. Grasso: One of them just died on the table they just cut him open and poof it died. Just as Im sure your horses just LOVE to then pace around Geauga and Holmes co with their Amish families after theyre done at northfield, on miles and miles on pavement, foaming and frothing with sweat, usually lamely moving along, only to be dumped for slaughter after the Amish finish using them up! Possibly the best driver at Chicago tracks. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Vincent Tamborello, 41 God forbid you break a bone or pull a muscle is it because you are abused or careless or both? First native of city to win driving title at either Yonkers or Roosevelt. Began racing in 1953 and has since won more than 2,300 races with earnings of more than $8.7million. He began the year only 546 winners shy of 5,000. The superfecta, in which a bettor attempts to pick the first four finishers in exact order, has been banned at New York tracks since April 13. Where are those honest horsemen then? We know better. Its too bad you are not able to see what Rose Smith has done for so many horses. Where were you, Chris?! Stanley Dancer was not only a great driver but a teriffic human being as well. . Harness racing has lost a legend. My grandfather was Elmer Rice a blacksmith for the tracks. Perfected the 1/4 pole move. He did things that no else would attempt he was way ahead of his time when it came to racing. He could get speed out of any horse & was lethal on the engine. Peter Delvin Haughton (September 22, 1954 January 25, 1980) was an American harness driver. A harness racing driver was killed Monday when his horse stumbled and fell during the opening race at Harrington Raceway. What were you thinking? And again, if your dog breaks a leash is different than you encouraging your dog to run out and dodge traffic- as you are doing with your horses each time you send your horses out. He would have done great. I raced the NYS Harness Tracks and Never Met Him. The glaring difference is race cars dont endure the daily cruel existence of a racehorses life, the suffering of illegal drugging by some of your industrys FINEST, OR death from racing injuries or slaughterhouse butchering like what happens to your beloved horses after your industry has used them up and thrown them out like yesterdays garbage, Chris. I don't see how this could be happening.. No matter where he has driven he has been the Driver to beat when he has a horse of comparable ability. He did some amazing things on the track. . 9733. Most underrated of all time. I SAW IT. I wondered what in the world are they talking about a trailer on the racetrack for I mean I didnt know they meant trailer as being synonymous with van or ambulance so thanks for enlightening me, Marie. Knew Buddy and his brothers when I was growing up. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. The drugs and the procedures used to keep sore horses running? Cohen: How many died? Jackie was born to race horses. The best especially with big money purses.Won some of the biggest races first time up on horses.If he was a catch driver instead of mostly driving his own stock would have gave them all a run for top driver,Did lead in wins 1 year 1979 or 1980 I believe. And, Steve, beautiful from whose perspective? These horses are forced to perform the way they do, and the documented evidence of horrific injuries suffered as these horses simply shatter under your industrys primeval practices proves it. It is the human participants involved in the process of deliberately causing injuries to the horses that are at fault for causing the injuries to the horses. Dale Ross, 33, Vienna, Ohio, harness driver. Disgusting. Bill was great, but the booze got to him and severely cut short his time. For a short period of time Lew was super. In the opinion of Busse, 44, who has won more than 4,000 races, ''an accident like that can happen in any race. How many foot races have you seen where 3 of the athletes got killed traumatically?? Great Driver! ''I don`t know how soon, but we`re going to do it. The accident that took his life occurred in an elimination for the $600,000 Sheppard Pace when a 2-year-old named Crimson stumbled and fell in front of Haughton`s horse, Sonny Key. If you have a great organization led by great people they are usually successful. And please enlighten all of us ignorant hysterics on that constantly lauded great care that your horses get. -- A harness racing driver was killed Monday when his horse stumbled and fell during the opening race at Harrington Raceway. In addition, another harness driver was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice and with making false declarations to a grand jury. I know accidents happen without any sarcasm intended. That line about stalls you know are as clean as a kitchen is maybe hyperbole to you but it is total bullshit to me. The charges involving Filion and Marsh are the latest blows to a sport that is in the midst of a prolonged recession both locally and nationally after flourishing during the 1960s and '70s. Judge Judd is currently involved in another jury trial. He can feel a horses soul right thru the lines. Ive seen sadistic treatment of animals in person and on film. Youre NOTHING but a glorified horse abuser and horse killer, but never mind, when one gets injured or killed, you can claim the insurance/slaughterhouse fees and just callously move onto your next innocent, defenseless victim Thats the kind of low-life scum that you all are. OUR HORSES GET THE BEST OF CARE. Should be in the top 2. Then again, maybe its more relevant than I thought, given how those owners and trainers literally run a horse into the ground, much the way a natural predator would. Oh, I know, its that wonderful retirement plan you guys have, you know the one where your beloved family members are stuffed into a trailer and hauled off to be strung up, bled out, and butchered, which is TOTALLY the same thing as a family pet slipping a leash and running into traffic. Davey Boy W, sent off at 14-1, won and John R., at 28-1, placed for a $195.40 perfecta. And in her words, I hated to do that, but what else could I do? So now theres another horse with a known injury hauling the Amish around. The native of Angers, Quebec, who started drivin How many people do you know that clean their kitchen with a pitchfork and how many people do you know that clean their stalls with a broom and a mop? That`s good because anything that makes the sport safer is good. . Examining the top 50 leaderboard on the USTA website, the last person on the list took home $143,515 from his five percent I was told in the 1970s that racehorses are not pets. Meadowlands was far better than Yonkers. That was their own little gamble, he said at a prearraignment news conference in the office of Acting United States Attorney Edward J. Boyd. The fact that horses are dumped in the first place from the racing industry is one of the things that comes under the category of Commodification in Patrick Battuellos post Whats Wrong With Horseracing on this site. He said to clean it just like you clean a room because I had been working in the housekeeping department in a nursing home. No dates. Town Drunk one of the best in the Delaware valley. He could get almost any horse to leave the gate and he had uncanny timing.Tired horses would give their all under Lewys left handed push. He doesn't have enough time on the track to be on this list but really I can't take him off. Grasso: (Laughter) well I didnt get any more emergency calls yesterday so I am assuming They said the language of the indictments was so vague that they wouldn't be able to prepare a defense until the charges become more specific. YOU are the one living in a bubble, Steve, whether of honest ignorance or willful corruption, and none of the cute little stories that youve heard around the track can make up for the thousands of horses abused, exploited, broken, and disposed of. In harness racing, we catch them--I've never heard of a scandal in jai alai. Best harness driver I've ever seen. If convicted, the drivers would also face life suspensions from harness racing. Of course they love their horseswe ALL know how you profess to love your horses Yea, you love them alright, just as long as theyre winning you prize money and five minutes of glory. He`s out there learning. Great horsemen as well and won with a lot of bad gaited horses great hands. I want the exploitation and abuse of horses for profit and entertainment to end, and I want to see ignorant apologists like you to be forced to watch it die, just like the thousands of horses killed every year on those tracks. No indictments developed from that investigation, though Hollman said at the time: If I had been there that night, I would have booed, too. I recently bailed several Standardbreds from kill pens and I can tell you they were a long way from the best of care a long long way!! Dayton, Ohio 45414. Here, the horses have a hard time getting out of the way because they`re pulling sulkies and I have only a half-inch cushion. The list is heavily east coast biased. Standardbreds are a hardier breed than thoroughbreds. His nickname in my group of friends was "Big Whip". He's a real David Harum horsetrader type, says one trotting official, very affable and friendly, the kind of guy who always buys a round at the bar.. Wait, WHAT?! Some drivers get better horse. . Dont you ever read a book or anything? In revoking Marsh's license, the racing board cited two races as the basis of its ruling. Of course, Chris, the horses get the best of care!!! You've got very broad strokes here. Grasso: Their heart rate was like triple they were breathing real heavy their membranes were going f-ing purple.. 2) Why do they stay in a corrupt and cruel gambling business. I agree that some tracks are better than others and there may be some concern but I personally think that many trainers treat their horses well. Was not quite 15 years old when he drove his first race on July 4, 1946. The argument on horses being mistreated doesnt fly with me. Fifteen weeks ago, Dillon had told track and OTB officials privately that wholesale driver indictments would be made within two weeks. 44 Park Place. 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AQWA CONSTRUCTIONS TROTTERS RATING HANDICAP (NR 30 to 55.) My point being that both tracks understand that providing modern stabling at the track is not economically or humane to the horses. The silence of these people means one thing they consent to the rampant corruption and cruelty of this gambling business. Tony is Ledgendary! Walter treated his horses like he treated the people who worked for him; with respect and fairness. According to steve there is basically no such thing as mistreatment of a horse. Can't have a top 210 with out David. No matter how great you treat them some get hurt. 9828. '', But Busse was wearing the old-style helmet rather than the new safety helmet when he left the Maywood paddock to drive in the next race. Again, accidents happen. He had a track timer in his head. But when there is money involved, who cares about the horses getting mangled and killed. It was a hillbilly hot mess. Honest as the day is long. At 37, he is still comparatively young in a sport where many leading drivers race into their 60's and 70's. Also suffered suspensions in 1971 and 1972, but still set singleseason record for Roosevelt of 150 winners last year. Narotsky agrees that it`s a bad habit. The following week he went to the Meadowlands and went off 50-1 morning line and raced like it. . Grasso: Three The following conversation is between Louis Grasso (veterinarian) and Ross Cohen, two others indicted in the racehorse drugging scheme; Cohen: Whats going on with the Allard death camp? Goshen, NY 10924. Bruno Facciolo, 45, 7001 Avenue U, Brooklyn, unemployed. The have a lifespan many less that 15 years or so and they die. So, by your analogy, would you encourage your pet to keep running across the street and hope they dont get hit? Certainly the slop played a part, but the hard truth of the matter is that the ENTIRE racing industry structure, from beginning rigorous training on still developing babies, to near constant confinement, to use of, at the very least, questionable substances, to the whips, chains, and tongue ties, to the final disposal of broken horses at the slaughterhouses, all of it is designed to give these sentient creatures a built in obsolescence. That is indisputable. My parents were definitely not vegetarians but we did have a vegetable garden. This sucks! And I have seen plenty of sick, crippled horses that no one in the barn at the track cared about. Its end is in sight, thank God. Top 10 Things to Do Before Asking for Help. If they so much as sneeze they are attended to immediately. He has probably the biggest upset I have ever seen. I know the difference between cleaning inside a home for human beings and cleaning inside barns and stalls for cattle and horses. Injuries slowed his wins down. Tell them about the beautiful paddocks you watched horses play in, and the sugar coated stories about the love so many owners and trainers have for horses just like them. And, Steve, all of us here know exactly what those shed rows look like, the rickety dark stalls with holes in the walls and the frames completely chewed away by stir-crazy horses. Was Harness racing in 70's to 90's in Delaware and PA (Liberty Bell Park). To evaluate the victim's head injury and corresponding helmet damage, a videotape of An aged horse will see an accident developing and react to it.''. All of my horses were poor to mediocre performers on the track. There is nothing normal about three horses getting killed, its not like a foot race. . in fact I even saw the rendering truck the next day on the highway. Lol. He was a magician! ONE HORSE BUCKLED AND LIKE DOMINOES THE COUPLE BEHIND FELL OVER. During your happy little stroll around the barns, did you see the mangled carcasses piled up in the back, waiting for the rendering truck? If the board upholds the revocation by its stewards, Marsh's next alternative would be to go to court in an effort to regain his license. Tony, there are no words. Haughton was thrown from his sulky. Even though a regular on New York circuit, he commutes regularly on weekends to his wife and three children at South Beloit, home. Imagine how bad this hideous incident was in the FOURTEENTH RACE of the day/night!!! Many people who are involved in the process of deliberately forcing horses to perform as gambling chips seem to have no sense of what is right or wrong. It doesnt seem management had much sympathy for you horse people, and your equine family! Always dangerous he knew how to rate his horses. . I honestly think harness racing is the most honest of all the parimutuel sports. Another of Stewart and Tonkins top mares, Soho Historia, is one of the major chances despite barrier 12 in the $100,000 Group 2 Riverina Championship Mares Final on Saturday night. If it were simply a matter of the track Bri g at fault, then explain how so many racehorses suffer horrific injuries on dry tracks? One of my favorites and always seemed to bail me out. Horseracing itself is a man-made disaster that exhibits a SEVERE, EXTREME AND EXCEPTIONAL LACK OF COMPASSION by putting their horses AT RISK in a highly selfish and greedy manner by subjecting horses to racing for purse money and gambling/ wagering revenue. Steve, I have heard your argument ad nauseam about the people who love their horses. AUSTRALIAN PACING GOLD GOLD BULLION 2YO FILLIES HEAT ONE (No NR.) Private farms might offer sunny barns and AC and clean shavings up to the horses belly buttons, but racetrack barns are literal shit holes. Grasso: One of them just died on the table they just cut him open and poof it died. Just as Im sure your horses just LOVE to then pace around Geauga and Holmes co with their Amish families after theyre done at northfield, on miles and miles on pavement, foaming and frothing with sweat, usually lamely moving along, only to be dumped for slaughter after the Amish finish using them up! Possibly the best driver at Chicago tracks. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Vincent Tamborello, 41 God forbid you break a bone or pull a muscle is it because you are abused or careless or both? First native of city to win driving title at either Yonkers or Roosevelt. Began racing in 1953 and has since won more than 2,300 races with earnings of more than $8.7million. He began the year only 546 winners shy of 5,000. The superfecta, in which a bettor attempts to pick the first four finishers in exact order, has been banned at New York tracks since April 13. Where are those honest horsemen then? We know better. Its too bad you are not able to see what Rose Smith has done for so many horses. Where were you, Chris?! Stanley Dancer was not only a great driver but a teriffic human being as well. . Harness racing has lost a legend. My grandfather was Elmer Rice a blacksmith for the tracks. Perfected the 1/4 pole move. He did things that no else would attempt he was way ahead of his time when it came to racing. He could get speed out of any horse & was lethal on the engine. Peter Delvin Haughton (September 22, 1954 January 25, 1980) was an American harness driver. A harness racing driver was killed Monday when his horse stumbled and fell during the opening race at Harrington Raceway. What were you thinking? And again, if your dog breaks a leash is different than you encouraging your dog to run out and dodge traffic- as you are doing with your horses each time you send your horses out. He would have done great. I raced the NYS Harness Tracks and Never Met Him. The glaring difference is race cars dont endure the daily cruel existence of a racehorses life, the suffering of illegal drugging by some of your industrys FINEST, OR death from racing injuries or slaughterhouse butchering like what happens to your beloved horses after your industry has used them up and thrown them out like yesterdays garbage, Chris. I don't see how this could be happening.. No matter where he has driven he has been the Driver to beat when he has a horse of comparable ability. He did some amazing things on the track. . 9733. Most underrated of all time. I SAW IT. I wondered what in the world are they talking about a trailer on the racetrack for I mean I didnt know they meant trailer as being synonymous with van or ambulance so thanks for enlightening me, Marie. Knew Buddy and his brothers when I was growing up. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. The drugs and the procedures used to keep sore horses running? Cohen: How many died? Jackie was born to race horses. The best especially with big money purses.Won some of the biggest races first time up on horses.If he was a catch driver instead of mostly driving his own stock would have gave them all a run for top driver,Did lead in wins 1 year 1979 or 1980 I believe. And, Steve, beautiful from whose perspective? These horses are forced to perform the way they do, and the documented evidence of horrific injuries suffered as these horses simply shatter under your industrys primeval practices proves it. It is the human participants involved in the process of deliberately causing injuries to the horses that are at fault for causing the injuries to the horses. Dale Ross, 33, Vienna, Ohio, harness driver. Disgusting. Bill was great, but the booze got to him and severely cut short his time. For a short period of time Lew was super. In the opinion of Busse, 44, who has won more than 4,000 races, ''an accident like that can happen in any race. How many foot races have you seen where 3 of the athletes got killed traumatically?? Great Driver! ''I don`t know how soon, but we`re going to do it. The accident that took his life occurred in an elimination for the $600,000 Sheppard Pace when a 2-year-old named Crimson stumbled and fell in front of Haughton`s horse, Sonny Key. If you have a great organization led by great people they are usually successful. And please enlighten all of us ignorant hysterics on that constantly lauded great care that your horses get. -- A harness racing driver was killed Monday when his horse stumbled and fell during the opening race at Harrington Raceway. In addition, another harness driver was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice and with making false declarations to a grand jury. I know accidents happen without any sarcasm intended. That line about stalls you know are as clean as a kitchen is maybe hyperbole to you but it is total bullshit to me. The charges involving Filion and Marsh are the latest blows to a sport that is in the midst of a prolonged recession both locally and nationally after flourishing during the 1960s and '70s. Judge Judd is currently involved in another jury trial. He can feel a horses soul right thru the lines. Ive seen sadistic treatment of animals in person and on film. Youre NOTHING but a glorified horse abuser and horse killer, but never mind, when one gets injured or killed, you can claim the insurance/slaughterhouse fees and just callously move onto your next innocent, defenseless victim Thats the kind of low-life scum that you all are. OUR HORSES GET THE BEST OF CARE. Should be in the top 2. Then again, maybe its more relevant than I thought, given how those owners and trainers literally run a horse into the ground, much the way a natural predator would. Oh, I know, its that wonderful retirement plan you guys have, you know the one where your beloved family members are stuffed into a trailer and hauled off to be strung up, bled out, and butchered, which is TOTALLY the same thing as a family pet slipping a leash and running into traffic. Davey Boy W, sent off at 14-1, won and John R., at 28-1, placed for a $195.40 perfecta. And in her words, I hated to do that, but what else could I do? So now theres another horse with a known injury hauling the Amish around. The native of Angers, Quebec, who started drivin How many people do you know that clean their kitchen with a pitchfork and how many people do you know that clean their stalls with a broom and a mop? That`s good because anything that makes the sport safer is good. . Examining the top 50 leaderboard on the USTA website, the last person on the list took home $143,515 from his five percent I was told in the 1970s that racehorses are not pets. Meadowlands was far better than Yonkers. That was their own little gamble, he said at a prearraignment news conference in the office of Acting United States Attorney Edward J. Boyd. The fact that horses are dumped in the first place from the racing industry is one of the things that comes under the category of Commodification in Patrick Battuellos post Whats Wrong With Horseracing on this site. He said to clean it just like you clean a room because I had been working in the housekeeping department in a nursing home. No dates. Town Drunk one of the best in the Delaware valley. He could get almost any horse to leave the gate and he had uncanny timing.Tired horses would give their all under Lewys left handed push. He doesn't have enough time on the track to be on this list but really I can't take him off. Grasso: (Laughter) well I didnt get any more emergency calls yesterday so I am assuming They said the language of the indictments was so vague that they wouldn't be able to prepare a defense until the charges become more specific. YOU are the one living in a bubble, Steve, whether of honest ignorance or willful corruption, and none of the cute little stories that youve heard around the track can make up for the thousands of horses abused, exploited, broken, and disposed of. In harness racing, we catch them--I've never heard of a scandal in jai alai. Best harness driver I've ever seen. If convicted, the drivers would also face life suspensions from harness racing. Of course they love their horseswe ALL know how you profess to love your horses Yea, you love them alright, just as long as theyre winning you prize money and five minutes of glory. He`s out there learning. Great horsemen as well and won with a lot of bad gaited horses great hands. I want the exploitation and abuse of horses for profit and entertainment to end, and I want to see ignorant apologists like you to be forced to watch it die, just like the thousands of horses killed every year on those tracks. No indictments developed from that investigation, though Hollman said at the time: If I had been there that night, I would have booed, too. I recently bailed several Standardbreds from kill pens and I can tell you they were a long way from the best of care a long long way!! Dayton, Ohio 45414. Here, the horses have a hard time getting out of the way because they`re pulling sulkies and I have only a half-inch cushion. The list is heavily east coast biased. Standardbreds are a hardier breed than thoroughbreds. His nickname in my group of friends was "Big Whip". He's a real David Harum horsetrader type, says one trotting official, very affable and friendly, the kind of guy who always buys a round at the bar.. Wait, WHAT?! Some drivers get better horse. . Dont you ever read a book or anything? In revoking Marsh's license, the racing board cited two races as the basis of its ruling. Of course, Chris, the horses get the best of care!!! You've got very broad strokes here. Grasso: Their heart rate was like triple they were breathing real heavy their membranes were going f-ing purple.. 2) Why do they stay in a corrupt and cruel gambling business. I agree that some tracks are better than others and there may be some concern but I personally think that many trainers treat their horses well. Was not quite 15 years old when he drove his first race on July 4, 1946. The argument on horses being mistreated doesnt fly with me. Fifteen weeks ago, Dillon had told track and OTB officials privately that wholesale driver indictments would be made within two weeks. 44 Park Place. 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