06/05/2022
In March we noticed a racehorse at an Oklahoma Killpen. Sadly, this horse had been winning up until he was sold for a few hundred dollars for meat. He did everything right, was in the money the majority of times in 54 starts earning his owners 160,000 $ plus whatever they bet on him. Only to be starved fighting for a few wisps of hay thrown into free for all pen with every type of horse, stallions, mares, babies, etc. How do they die? Well, they are sold by the pound for about $200 for the average horse. TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS. They are packed in like tuna into ramshackle trailers for the arduous trip to Mexico or Canada. In Mexico they are stabbed in the neck as many as 20 times before they bleed out. In Canada, not much better. They ship to Asia where they put chains on ONE HIND LEG, jerking the horse off the ground, breaking the leg as they dangle, while a worker slits their throat. I have seen it done in Okinawa where I lived for two decades. American TB Racehorses. Zero Aftercare Programs. Slaughtering these athletes appears to be the norm. Use them up and then make them suffer the worst death. As a horse owner, granddaughter of a TB trainer, I grew up thinking so many of these horses are put out to pasture. That they earned a place to end their lives eating grass, access to water. Nope, not now. It is all about the money.
We have Uncle Goyle and we also rescued a baby mini that apparently sought out another horse for protection at the kill pen. They are bonded and inseparable. It took round the clock feedings to get the 300 lbs back on him that was lost after his last win for TAKE A SHOT LLC in Dec. 2021. So much for caring for the animal that won you money. A lot of it. Instead of offering him for sale or for a rescue, his racing shoes were ripped off his feet and no information was given to the kill pen. Luckily the kill pen realized they could make money once the horse was identified as the son of a multimillion dollar racehorse with an ancestry chart that reads like the who's who of our greatest thoroughbreds. Bold Ruler, Native Dancer, Jonesboro.
Anyway, should you want to see this amazing RETIRED RACEHORSE, stop on by. He is the most friendly horse you could possibly meet.
