{"id":1293352,"date":"2023-10-25T23:18:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T23:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=8521af378589c4c4da4b460b78ab08f2"},"modified":"2023-10-25T23:18:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T23:18:10","slug":"peta-video-2-year-old-thoroughbreds-raced-to-death-to-pump-up-auction-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/10\/25\/peta-video-2-year-old-thoroughbreds-raced-to-death-to-pump-up-auction-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"PETA Video: 2-Year-Old Thoroughbreds Raced to Death to Pump Up Auction Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

A newly released undercover video<\/a> from PETA shows rare behind-the-screens footage of a very young Thoroughbred horse\u2019s injury and euthanasia on the track. The filly, who was offered for sale at the Fasig-Tipton auction in Maryland, was being forced to sprint faster than she ever would in a race. These frenzied time trials are conducted at all auctions of 2-year-old Thoroughbreds despite the well-documented dangers to young, inexperienced horses.<\/p>\n

Today, PETA sent a proposal<\/a> to the heads of the two auction companies, Fasig-Tipton Co. Inc. President and CEO Boyd Browning Jr. and Ocala Breeders\u2019 Sales Co. President Tom Ventura, recommending creative but simple reforms that would make these \u201cunder-tack shows,\u201d as the timed sprints are called, at auctions safer for the juvenile horses forced to take part in them.<\/p>\n

PETA\u2019s proposal advises holding the events in the fall rather than the spring\u2014so the young horses have more time to develop\u2014and switching to the more sensible four- or five-furlong workouts, which are the preferred standard distances in timed morning \u201cbreezes\u201d for horses training for real races, rather than the current one-furlong dead sprints that are so dangerous to the fragile juveniles.<\/p>\n

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Horse #130, who hadn\u2019t even been given a racing name yet, is euthanized at a Fasig-Tipton under-tack show. Photo: PETA<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cForcing physically immature horses to sprint at reckless speeds just to inflate auction prices is greedy and foolish,\u201d says PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo. \u201cPETA urges auction houses to adopt these simple, reasonable changes that will protect horses without hurting auction companies\u2019 bottom line.\u201d<\/p>\n

At under-tack shows, juvenile horses, some who haven\u2019t reached their biological second birthday, are forced to run an eighth or a quarter of a mile as fast as possible at speeds they\u2019ll never again reach in their racing careers\u2014if they survive. The sprints, in addition to damaging the animals\u2019 developing bodies and risking fatal injuries, are a poor metric for judging their abilities since they don\u2019t resemble timed workouts that horses regularly run in training for real races. PETA points out that many industry leaders, including owner Mike Repole<\/a> and bloodstock agent Rollin Baugh<\/a>, have spoken out against these dangerous and unnecessary speed tests.<\/p>\n

PETA\u2014whose motto reads, in part, that \u201canimals are not ours to use for entertainment or abuse in any other way\u201d\u2014opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information about PETA\u2019s investigative newsgathering and reporting, please visit PETA.org<\/strong><\/a>, listen to The PETA Podcast<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, or follow the group on X (formerly Twitter)<\/strong><\/a>, Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, or Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A newly released undercover video from PETA shows rare behind-the-screens footage of a very young Thoroughbred horse\u2019s injury and euthanasia on the track. The filly, who was offered for sale at the Fasig-Tipton auction in Maryland, was being forced to sprint faster than she ever would in a race. These frenzied time trials are conducted… Read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

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