FOR INESPERADO

From AlexBrownRacing

This project is devoted to the horses that have been sacrificed to racing. Some are famous; some like Inesperado, Mending Fences, Pine Island, were well known once; others were always unknowns. Truth be told, for once, horseracing claims thousands of horses per year on the track, both in the morning hours of training and in the afternoon races, while trying to earn their owners money and fame. Many if not most of deaths are avoidable – they are not just “bad steps” but are the culmination of the deadly combinations of over-work, drugs, unsound breeding practices, flawed tracks, and year round racing with no hint of a rest.

Each month we will post the racehorse death/breakdown toll as well as resources for action. Every horse named on these lists has given their all for humans that seem to regard them as disposable commodities. Inesperado's tragic life and needless death is the guiding example for our efforts. For Inesperado also tracks injuries and deaths on the race tracks, with the intent of using the data to increase public awareness and push for industry change. The indusrty-proposed Welfare and Safety Summit addresses many ills in the horse racing industry, but they have yet to take any major steps toward cleaning up the sport and giving horses a fighting chance at soundness and longevity. The compiled monthly statistics will be sent to horse racing industry officials detailing the urgency of the adoption of the Welfare and Safety Summit reccommedations.

Please be a voice for the horses past and present that cannot speak for themselves.

For further information please contact forinesperado@yahoo.com

FOR INESPERADO TRACK WATCH JUNE 2007 TOTALS BY TRACK

FOR INESPERADO TRACK WATCH JULY TOTALS BY TRACK

FOR INESPERADO TRACK WATCH AUGUST 2007 TOTALS

Press Release, June and July Track Reports available as PDFs

Improving race horse welfare thread on TWF

INESPERADO

Pedigree and Racing History