Track Phantom
03-28-2012, 07:54 PM
Andy Beyer article in response to the New York Times Article.
People in the Thoroughbred racing industry woke up on Sunday morning to find their sport under siege. The New York Times published a photo on Page 1 that depicted a horse dead on the track; it accompanied a lengthy investigative report blaming “drugs and lax oversight” for a high rate of fatal breakdowns.
On the same day, the Los Angeles Times covered the same topic, detailing the death toll at Santa Anita this winter. These two news reports came only a week after the abrupt cancellation of HBO’s “Luck,” when a third horse died during the filming of the TV series.
http://www.drf.com/news/beyer-racing-confronts-another-crisis
I will say this....I wish PETA would go after the drug issue with the same will they went after Luck, Eight Belles, etc. Until serious pressure is put on those "trainers" that are using drugs as a mask or performance enhancer, the unethical behavior for profit will continue.
Of all the things hurting the horse racing industry, the illegal drug issue is the sun in this sickening universe.
People in the Thoroughbred racing industry woke up on Sunday morning to find their sport under siege. The New York Times published a photo on Page 1 that depicted a horse dead on the track; it accompanied a lengthy investigative report blaming “drugs and lax oversight” for a high rate of fatal breakdowns.
On the same day, the Los Angeles Times covered the same topic, detailing the death toll at Santa Anita this winter. These two news reports came only a week after the abrupt cancellation of HBO’s “Luck,” when a third horse died during the filming of the TV series.
http://www.drf.com/news/beyer-racing-confronts-another-crisis
I will say this....I wish PETA would go after the drug issue with the same will they went after Luck, Eight Belles, etc. Until serious pressure is put on those "trainers" that are using drugs as a mask or performance enhancer, the unethical behavior for profit will continue.
Of all the things hurting the horse racing industry, the illegal drug issue is the sun in this sickening universe.