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The baffling case of horse trainer Bob Baffert

May 23, 2023 By Merritt Clifton 1 Comment

Humane Society of the U.S. president Kitty Block slammed & damned Baffert in 2018 for allegedly drugging Triple Crown winner Justify,  praised him in 2020 for support of the Horseracing Integrity Act,  & has slammed & damned him again since then. BALTIMORE, Maryland––Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s horse National Treasure won the Preakness Stakes […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Bob Baffert, Kitty Block, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Pimlico, Preakness, Triple Crown, Wayne Pacelle

Necropsies dominate the 2023 Kentucky Derby post-mortems

May 8, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

15-to-1 longshot winner Mage is barely noticed amid seven horse deaths LOUISVILLE,  Kentucky––Kentucky Derby post-mortems began in 2023 ten days before the 20-horse field walked to the starting gate,  but they were called “necropsies.” The more familiar term “autopsy” is used only when the deceased is human. The upset victory by Mage,  a horse with […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Racing, USA Tagged With: Kathy Guillermo, Keith Dane, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Saffie Joseph

All the money in either racing or breeding horses is gambling money

May 8, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Shocked!  Shocked!  by gambling that sparks electroshocking horses Cheating methods,  regulations,  & some statistics have changed since this article was first posted in June 1999,  but the monetary motivations & horse industry attitudes have not. HOUSTON,  LITTLE ROCK ––All the money in breeding race or show horses is gambling money. Figure that out,  and it […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Racing, USA Tagged With: Alydar, Billy Patin, Calumet Farms, Helen V. Brach, Kenneth Hansen, Merritt Clifton, Michael Earl McKinney, Silas Jayne

Can the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act save horse racing from itself?

March 29, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Marty Irby leaves Animal Wellness Action on a high note,  but horses are not drugged just to get them high WASHINGTON D.C.––Former Animal Wellness Action executive director Marty Irby on March 23,  2023 spoke in Oxford,  Mississippi at the “Celebration of Life” for his friend and ally Clant Seay,  founder of the Citizens Committee Against […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Ireland, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, Sports, USA Tagged With: Bob Baffert, Kitty Block, Marty Irby, Merritt Clifton, Santa Anita, Sara Amundson, Stewball

Court returns Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act to the starting gate

December 7, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Newly formed Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority loses turf battle to state & industry agencies             NEW ORLEANS,  Louisiana­­––Horse advocates and the horse racing industry across the U.S. are somewhat belatedly beginning to realize that a November 18,  2022 unanimous decision by the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has returned the Horseracing Integrity & […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Racing, Show, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Clant Seay, Horse Protection Act of 1970, Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority, Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020, Joseph Fawbush, Merritt Clifton

Anti-“Big Lick” soring PAST Act passes U.S. House; goes to Senate

November 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

And California voters dump horse racing bail-out measure WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. House of Representatives on November 14,  2022 for the second time passed the PAST Act,  short for Prevent All Soring Tactics,  and sent it to the U.S. Senate,  where for the second time it is likely to pull up lame. But maybe not.  Before […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Behavior, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Racing, Show, Sports, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Clant Seay, Merritt Clifton, Priscilla Presley, Rep. Steve Cohen, Sherry DeBoer, Tom Vilsack

“Fear thy Neighbor”––with our help––explores murders of Hansman family

August 20, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

ANIMALS 24-7 details our investigation of dog attack,  possible horse racing grudge,  & the killings of Harper & Guy Hansman by dog owner Ronald DelSerro PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida;  TORONTO,  Ontario––The July 2020 ANIMALS 24-7 investigation of the murders of 11-year-old Harper Hansman and her father Guy Alexander Hansman,  55,  helps to frame the narrative […]

Filed Under: Animal racing, Culture & Animals, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Horse racing, Screen industry Tagged With: Guy Hansman, Harper Hansman, Larry Hansman, Merritt Clifton, Monique Hansman, Ronald Delserro, Sandra DelSerro

Did the Omak Suicide Race start with a horse massacre & the KKK?

August 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event             OMAK, Washington––The 88th edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak,  Washington,  is to conclude on August 14,  2022,  as the final event of the annual Omak Stampede Rodeo. Bizarre as is the race itself,  down an extremely steep […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Canada, Cruelty & neglect, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Horse & livestock shows, Horse racing, Horses, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Native American beliefs, Racing, Rodeo, Spectacles, Sports, The Americas, USA, Welfare, Wild horses Tagged With: Alex Dick, Allison Williams, Claire Pentz, Karen West, Larry Lansburgh, Lillian A. Ackerman, Merritt Clifton, Nick Timiraos, Roger Harnack, Warren Cox, Will Anderson

A greyhound named Brooklyn, 2008-2022, by Carey Theil

June 23, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Inspired global campaign to close the Macau Canidrome A greyhound named Brooklyn, who inspired the successful international campaign to close down the worst dog track in the world, died on June 22,  2022 in the Boston area. Brooklyn was born on December 10,  2008 at a breeding farm in New South Wales,  Australia.  After failing […]

Filed Under: Animal organizations, Animal racing, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, China, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Dogs & cats, Dogs & cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Greyhound racing, Greyhounds, Laws & politics, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Canidrome, Christine Dorchak

“Live lure training” likely to survive greyhound racing, for the sadism of it

February 13, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Few tracks left to run on,  but “trainers” continue setting greyhounds on rabbits             GREELEY, Colorado––Greyhound racing began as the bastard offspring of hare coursing,  whitewashed for public consumption by calling it “live lure training.” Because raw sadism appears to die even harder than the gambling habit,  so-called live lure training will likely also outlive […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal racing, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Dog racing, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Greyhound racing, USA, Uses of dogs Tagged With: Chad Achurch, Grey2K USA, John E. Lashmet, Lynette Noble, Merritt Clifton, Robert L. Rhodes, Tom Noble, Ursula O'Donnell

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