Said Big Brown's trainer, Richard Dutrow Jr., to the Associated Press: "To make it safer, don't race the horses, don't train them; then they'll live good lives out on the farm." ... Not even about her being put down before he could reach her.
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you never see horses get injured like that," said Steve Kenly, co-owner of Lava Man, one of the nation's top older horses. "Ninety-nine out of 100 are put down right away. For him to have that surgery, fight it off and survive this long ... When something like this happens, everybody couldn't wait to see him in the next race.
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I don't think race horses have such a tough life, they're asked to run hard for about one minute once a month, and even then they're really only asked to give maximum effort for about 20 seconds of that race, ... just can not imagine anyone being so mean to one of mine! maybe they would one be the one getting ~PUT DOWN~
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More than 400 horses, many in perfect health, are killed each year by lethal injection at a clinic tucked behind the Hipodromo Camarero racetrack, chief veterinarian Jose Garcia told The Associated Press after checking clinic log books going back seven years.
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LOUISVIILLE, KY -- Jockey Shaun Bridgmohan escaped serious injury when his mount fell in yesterday's first race on an afternoon in which two horses suffered fatal leg fractures at Churchill Downs, reports the Louisville Courier-Journal in its Sunday edition.
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Seven horses were euthanized because of injuries from July 19-30, with four of those coming in morning workouts on the Polytrack main surface, two in afternoon races on the main course and one in a turf course race.
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Ruffian was the one who was put down. ... A Virtual Horse (AVH) Capalls Down Under Horse Stables Equination Equine Ranch (ER) Horse Tycoon HorseIsle HorseLand Horses... ... ; What is the best food for a race horse?
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LOS ALAMITOS - He was a fluke on the race track, ... “It is just painful, horrible,” said part-owner Linda Cannon, 60, of Orange Park Acres, recalling all the tears that were shed that night. “But we're not down and out. It's just one of those things.” ... The remaining 12 ended up purchasing two horses at Sunday's auction:
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It was the first such incidence at Churchill Downs, but, the fifth horse put down during, or after, the past 13 Triple Crown races. As a result, the second most watched Derby in history is garnering more attention than the “fastest two minutes,” it advertises. ... the title of this article is, "why race horses are dying?"
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