another carriage standardbred dies in central park

[dougie]

Harness Racing Revolution.....I agree with you 100%! Most city dwellers like myself would never take "the ride". It's a tourist based industry where rich spoiled out of towners sip hot chocolate and sit under a blanket as they watch healthy walker/runners go by. The industry should go. It's long overdue.

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

Harness Racing Revolution.....I agree with you 100%! Most city dwellers like myself would never take "the ride". It's a tourist based industry where rich spoiled out of towners sip hot chocolate and sit under a blanket as they watch healthy walker/runners go by. The industry should go. It's long overdue.

Think you know how involved I am both documenting those horses and working with the mayor's office when they need help. I just emailed another to them and a note that this is on the city, they license these idiots. It's no place for any horse. I grew up on Staten Island, my parents had riding horses in Princes Bay. There were paddocks and places to actually ride. Now not so much and most of the stables on the island are closed. And the clowns here who say it's ok, I just ask would you leave a horse in Manhattan where these horses live?

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

I caught this one same day that mare died and reported it today. A bit off???
https://youtu.be/2PCBrN2YJHM

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

Forgot about this, running through Manhattan from Central Park to 51st Street after I got the call from Edita.
https://youtube.com/live/KYdbMu3NSgY

[NOTHING BUT TRUTHS]

maybe gillis can start in this business. he can give BB3 and have the fastest carriage in town.

[darnoldrocks]

Retire in Style :

1. Stop the carriage tourism business in North America.
2. Communicate and expand the adoption process for retired track horses.

Alright, those are steps 1 and 2.

What would you do next?

[dougie]

Harness Racing Revolution.....ye s I do follow your posts. I support your efforts !00%!

[SDST2009]

Mike, was she freezebranded? Just curious if she was an Amish homegrown or USTA registered, and who she was. Terrible in any case.

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

Mike, was she freezebranded? Just curious if she was an Amish homegrown or USTA registered, and who she was. Terrible in any case.

She went down on her right side and they got her out of there fast. Other than basic info they aren't saying anything, not even who the owner or driver were. Cornell will say if she was.

[SDST2009]

She went down on her right side and they got her out of there fast. Other than basic info they aren't saying anything, not even who the owner or driver were. Cornell will say if she was.

Got it - Thank you.

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

Even my haters can't actually agree with this clown.
https://youtu.be/OI9FQBtXvmE

[SwankToliverA]

Even my haters can't actually agree with this clown.
https://youtu.be/OI9FQBtXvmE

Do you think Christina actually believes the Bullshit she spews?

[Calhoun]

Retire in Style :

1. Stop the carriage tourism business in North America.
2. Communicate and expand the adoption process for retired track horses.

Alright, those are steps 1 and 2.

What would you do next?

What I would do is lobby for the fully legal and reasonably regulated use of horse meat for animal and also - perhaps - human consumption.

Horse meat is consumed by humans in France, Belguim, Mexicao, China and Khagazstan.

In the U.S., the very strict regulation of processing horses into a consumable product makes it too costly.

Hence the Harness Racing -->>Amish -->> Kill Buyers distribution channel exists.

Another barrier is, of course, the level of toxicity in U.S. Standardbreds due to the drugs - legal and otherwise - they are administered.

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

What I would do is lobby for the fully legal and reasonably regulated use of horse meat for animal and also - perhaps - human consumption.

Horse meat is consumed by humans in France, Belguim, Mexicao, China and Khagazstan.

In the U.S., the very strict regulation of processing horses into a consumable product makes it too costly.

Hence the Harness Racing -->>Amish -->> Kill Buyers distribution channel exists.

Another barrier is, of course, the level of toxicity in U.S. Standardbreds due to the drugs - legal and otherwise - they are administered.

UPDATE: Lady died of aortic rupture. Shocker there. She was approved two months ago for full work days immediately upon her arrival in Manhattan purchased from an Amish farm. So there's that.

Now if you can put your disdain for me aside. I pretty much agree. I told a reporter two days ago that rather than see them go down the bad pipeline, it took me years to accept it's better to euthanize them. You are correct the biggest reason our horses especially cannot be consumed by humans overseas is God knows what has been injected into them. Sticking with just Standardbreds...n o more being tossed into a horrible situation. Just let them die in peace. However, that costs money and it also eliminates a profit. There's a lot of money in those meat pipelines right now. And if you want to go a step further in this game. 501c3 "rescues". They're rotating the warehousing of Standardbreds too who at the end of the year end up with the pink juice too. Same goes for the T-breds and Quarter Horses. Bottom line is the breeding far exceeds any possible forever homes. The Amish use them for transportation until no longer viable and those either end up in the pipeline or some just take them out back. Which at this point I find the better alternative compared to suffering.

P. S. I don't care who you are or what you think of me. I've spent A LOT of time down there in the city witnessing what they do and how those animals live. I really don't believe any of us here would approve.

[darnoldrocks]

In the States, without making a profit, what is the cost of boarding a horse per month.
- field turnout with a shelter, multiple horses in same field
- hay and water

- not including vet bills