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You are here: Home / News / Discarded Thoroughbreds at the Sales

Discarded Thoroughbreds at the Sales

July 17, 2023 by Kristin 2 Comments

CPR volunteers tracked three horse sales across six days. Among the sales – Andrew Wilson, Laidley, and Triangle, we were able to identify thirty thoroughbreds.. Just some of their stories are featured in the graphics below – listed from oldest to youngest.

In summary:

*Four were still listed as “active” racehorses by the industry’s own records

*The highest prize money was $139,844 – the lowest $0 of which there were several

*Seven had never been raced – the most anyone had been raced was forty-eight times

*Eleven were sold – the highest price for $1,100 – the lowest just $175

*Seventeen were “passed in”, unable to reach reserves of even $300

*Two were “withdrawn” from the sale

*Many were in poor condition

*Most appeared defeated

*All were knowingly being sold to strangers, their fate unknown.

Meanwhile, we also tracked the Magic Millions online sale, where another forty-four thoroughbreds were listed, of which eighteen were being sold as “breeders”, having already been used to birth sixty-four LIVE foals between them. Dear fifteen year old ‘Electric Current’ has so far been used to breed eight of those LIVE foals (plus two dead at birth) in just eleven years. She was “passed in” with a reserve of just $600. Almost half of the other horses were also “passed in” – mostly “breeders”. Some of the “active” racehorses up for sale had been raced as recently as just days and weeks prior.

Countless others have already this month been sold direct to knackeries and killbuyers, shot out the back paddock or put through racing approved on-farm killing programs.

What a disgraceful industry!

Please – read and share their stories, then take the pledge to never bet on or watch a horse race again here.

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Comments

  1. Elizabeth Attard says

    July 18, 2023 at 4:22 pm

    Shut this vile despicable horse racing/ gambling/killing industry down -a must!

    Reply
  2. Karen Anne Gould says

    July 18, 2023 at 9:07 pm

    This is unbelievably cruel!
    These beautiful animals are so exploited for human entertainment!
    So wrong!!

    Reply

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