another carriage standardbred dies in central park

[toothman]

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/05/carriage-horse-named-lady-collapses-dies-on-manhattan-street/?lctg=15F4C4DF64EFD514849844AD94&utm_email=15F4C4DF64EFD514849844AD94&g2i_eui=CHhtMDwVjyP3mvYiNA1NTUFV6HtPcrV%2f&g2i_source=newsletter&active=no&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.nydailynews.com%2f2025%2f08%2f05%2fcarriage-horse-named-lady-collapses-dies-on-manhattan-street%2f&utm_campaign=trib-new_york_daily_news-breaking_news-nl&utm_content=%23Listrak%5cDateTimeStampNumeric%23

Edita was interviewed, passionately advocating for the animals

[Trigger]

To ALL YOU STANDARDBRED / T-BRED HORSEMAN AND HORSE OWNERS -

Those of you who relied on these beautiful horses to make money, have your fun, whether it worked out , or not, please consider being responsibility and when the racing career is over, the breeding career happens or not, and if no other alternatives the horse enjoys please consider them your PET Property and if you love them your family.

Horses do not belong on pavement, and hot weather weather is horrible.  How about a nice pasture. We all who get old usually get vulnerable, your relatives too, they go in an ALF, we do not throw them into a volcano.

Because if you don't I hope you and your entire human family see a grueling and horrible end!!!   

[SwankToliverA]

To ALL YOU STANDARDBRED / T-BRED HORSEMAN AND HORSE OWNERS -

Those of you who relied on these beautiful horses to make money, have your fun, whether it worked out , or not, please consider being responsibility and when the racing career is over, the breeding career happens or not, and if no other alternatives the horse enjoys please consider them your PET Property and if you love them your family.

Horses do not belong on pavement, and hot weather weather is horrible.  How about a nice pasture. We all who get old usually get vulnerable, your relatives too, they go in an ALF, we do not throw them into a volcano.

Because if you don't I hope you and your entire human family see a grueling and horrible end!!!   

 

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

I was there for the whole disgusting mess. A Standardbred mare 15 years old. So just another example of how well harness racing cares for what it creates while on welfare. Edita called me freaking out I was 12 blocks up from 51st and ran. They just scraped her up trying to hide reality again. The stable manager invited me into his office for a chat. All bullshit, he's been a horseman for over 40 years from Ireland. The rub is he's the guy in the videos trying to give a dead horse water because he didn't know how to take her pulse or knew she was dead. Had a huge rally yesterday I got to speak again and probably made the best speech I have yet I actually choked myself up. None of these people have a fucking clue about a horse and the only cure is end it. Found another dead lame Standardbred in the park the same day. Third pic below I was thumb pointing over my shoulder calling their stable an equine prison.



image uploader

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

https://youtube.com/shorts/SKKZX0J5okg?si=R-8K2EFMRYKJ9Q2C

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

Example. No clue he's off or just doesn't care. I know this driver well. He couldn't care less. He told me he will kick my ass he's a MMA fighter. I thought he was Dan Rawlings for a second.
https://youtu.be/2PCBrN2YJHM?si=su4mI7gi4Y-xs25i

[Lar4400]

So F-ing sad.. poor horse should be enjoying retirement on a nice farm somewhere.

[JT]

Example. No clue he's off or just doesn't care. I know this driver well. He couldn't care less. He told me he will kick my ass he's a MMA fighter. I thought he was Dan Rawlings for a second.
https://youtu.be/2PCBrN2YJHM?si=su4mI7gi4Y-xs25i

That was horrible to watch. So lame and pulling a buggy on hot asphalt. SICKENING!!

[darnoldrocks]

What are the facts on where sb and tb horses go after racing?

What are the current programs to provide them an after racing life?

What are some ideas to increase the number getting a safe and healthy life after racing?

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

What are the facts on where sb and tb horses go after racing?

What are the current programs to provide them an after racing life?

What are some ideas to increase the number getting a safe and healthy life after racing?

Far more often than not they go to a bad place. With ours it's usually the Amish or the death pipeline. This isn't 100 years ago, how many people are actually seeking a horse? There just are nowhere near enough homes for the amount of animals either sport creates then tosses. Most of the Standardbreds I find in the city have the same story. Raced, usually amounted to little. Ended up pulling a buggy for years. And then to wring more money out of them they sell them or lease them cheap to these FUCKINGGGG idiots in NYC. I still can't believe that fuck came up to me angry I posted the facts about him on my FB group. Watching him trying to pour water into the mouth of a dead mare laying on her side on a NYC street blew my fucking mind. Yeah she just needs a sip of water she'll come out of it.  As long as there's racing, there will be breeding. We all know what keeps it going. And each year there a less spots for them after the fact. The public has no clue, yet. That doesn't include the other shit we all talk about going on that is funded by the states. If you really want a jolt, stop in Central Park and walk by a Standardbred, then you'll understand what I mean.

[The Unstable]

Yes the horse died.  Did he die of cruelty a autopsy will prove. I have had horses die in the stall and one just walking.  Both had heart issues.  If you think carraige horses are cruelty it is a non sequiter that this horrse died because of it.  If an autopsy says otherwise I will say otherwise.  Until then I would wait for the report.  Before you attack me , I have turned down thousands and have many standardbreds I have owned adopted.  That horse in the video looks horrible.  Whether you like it or not the Amish will always have horses, do we as in industry need to support that, likely not. However, if not retired standardbreds they will just breed their own for the purpose. They already do.  That is reality because that is their form of transport for hundreds of years. 

[Pacer 2]

All animals die for various reasons......dogs, cats, birds, fish.

[Trigger]

All animals die for various reasons......dogs, cats, birds, fish.

Each and every time you speak you only prove that you have a no higher than kindergarten level understanding of everything. 

[dougie]

I grew up in NYC and watched carriage horses around Central Park for a long as I can remember. I thought it was "cute' as a kid. I'm a "grown-up" now and realize it ain't to cute. I am 100% against all carriage horses in NYC. If you want romance, walk the park.

[Ignorance Is Bliss]

You can tell who the abusive scumbags are here by their posts. Horses die? Ok jerkoffs, lemme ask you all this. In this sport how do we for the most part care for the animals? What do we always make sure they have or have access to. Nice clean stall. We are constantly all over them making sure they are safe, healthy and sound. They work how long each day? Come back get a real bath and put back in their stall to dry, eat hay and drink. Take them back out maybe turn them out before or after working. Put them on cross ties, put them away. Get their dinners, pick up their stalls, make sure water is always topped off and clean. Most of us know how to read a horse, how to recognize an issue before it happens. We can tell when they aren't acting right. We don't wait until it's too late to do what's right or call the vet. We can see all the signals of issues. We know the basics for emergencies. Right? The horses in NYC live in a box stall with no windows two stories off the street. They're in harness pulling a carriage 10 hours a day on asphalt. Doesn't matter what the weather is until the city forces them to go back to the stables. If they aren't working they're trapped in these equine prisons as I refer to them. They aren't walked, nobody in these places has a fucking clue what they are looking at. Most have ZERO experience with horses, they take a two day course with the NYC DOH and boom, a driver. They never see a blade of grass or spend a second in a paddock where they can be a horse. They have a 50% mortality rate due to colic in NYC, I wonder why? New horses such as this mare come from life on a farm to thrown on the streets of NYC with no transition at all. Their own PR person stated that most loose weight dramatically the first two months then slowly recover, and calls that normal. Think they suffer from stress upon arrival in Manhattan? So digestive and cardiac issues are the biggest killer in the city. So my question to these fucking idiots here condoning this, you believe these are acceptable living conditions for any horse? This isn't 18 fucking 50.