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Title: NY Times Goes After Horse Racing
Post by: Elgin on March 25, 2012, 12:31:40 PM
Mangled horses, maimed jockeys: Death and disarray at America's racetracks
'In humans you never see someone snap their leg off running in the Olympics. But you see it in horse racing,' says equine medical director for the California Racing Board

By WALT BOGDANICH, JOE DRAPE, DARA L. MILES and GRIFFIN PALMER
 
updated 3/25/2012 10:18:46 AM ET

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46848067/ns/politics-the_new_york_times/
Title: Re: NY Times Goes After Horse Racing
Post by: JuiceJunkies on March 25, 2012, 12:41:38 PM
Ty Elgin.   Sad state of affairs these games are in.
Title: Re: NY Times Goes After Horse Racing
Post by: Jeremy on March 25, 2012, 12:54:13 PM
I could have sworn Hal posted about this

OK it was in the tbred section I'm not going as crazy as I thought.


They completely ignored harness it looks like but no one that pays attention to the whole industry would probably notice.  No mention of how some are quarter horse also.
Title: Re: NY Times Goes After Horse Racing
Post by: Elgin on March 25, 2012, 12:58:04 PM
I could have sworn Hal posted about this

Unfortunately, the cancellation of Luck has prompted several pieces like this, but this particular article was published today.
Title: Re: NY Times Goes After Horse Racing
Post by: Blue Chip55 on March 25, 2012, 01:05:11 PM
Unfortunately, the cancellation of Luck has prompted several pieces like this, but this particular article was published today.

Very sad days for racing.
Title: Re: NY Times Goes After Horse Racing
Post by: JuiceJunkies on March 25, 2012, 01:16:49 PM
Unfortunately, the cancellation of Luck has prompted several pieces like this, but this particular article was published today.

Luck brought some stuff to the limelight that many racetrack managers and hierarchy would have loved to keep locked away.
This could be a good spot to turn a new leaf, I really hope those guys listen rather then sweep it under the rug.