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Mountaineer Race Track enacts anti-slaughter policy

Posted: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:52 PM

by Tim Nichols

Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, West Virginia, enacted a new policy on October 31 concerning the sale of horses at the Sugarcreek Livestock Auction in Sugarcreek, Ohio.

The auction is known as a place where horses are sold to people who in turn sell the equines to slaughterhouses in Canada and other foreign nations for human consumption.

Horsemen found to have sent horses to Sugarcreek will lose their stalls and may be subject to management exclusion.

“What we found out was that some of the horses ended up at the Sugarcreek auction,” Mountaineer Director of Racing Rose Mary Williams said. “What we decided to do was take measures to prevent that from happening.”

Williams said that she informed the West Virginia Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association of the policy on October 31.

With this step, Mountaineer joined other tracks trying to end the practice horsemen of selling horses to killer buyers—those who purchase horses for the sole purpose of sending them to a slaughterhouse.

Suffolk Downs in East Boston, Massachusetts, in June became the first track to enact a zero-tolerance policy toward the sale of racehorses for slaughter.

In August, Magna Entertainment Corp. enacted a similar policy at all of its Thoroughbred and harness racing tracks.

While Williams said she was aware of Suffolk and Magna’s policies, they did not influence her decision.

“We’re trying to start locally,” Williams said. “We’re right in the process of starting that.”

Sugarcreek recently was the subject of an investigative piece on the program “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” on HBO in May. The piece showed how horses, some of whom raced at Mountaineer, were sold at Sugarcreek and then subsequently shipped to foreign slaughterhouses.

Tim Nichols is a Thoroughbred Times TODAY assistant editor

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Posted by: Brenda, Baltimore , MD on August 04, 2011 at 06:52 PM

The easiest way to stop alot of this is to stop supporting racing....and the money immediately. No wagers-no racing...eventually.

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Posted by: MaryJohnson, Columbus, OH on July 27, 2011 at 04:19 PM

This policy is a joke. Danny Bird, a Mountaineer trainer, last raced Deputy Broad on July 11th, 2011. He admitted to me that two days later, he handed Deputy Broad off to a kill buyer. Deputy Broad was processed at a Canadian slaughter plant on July 20th. Rosemary Williams, the Director of Racing at Mountaineer, is now into damage control. The legal department believed Bird when he told them that he sold the horse to someone else who then sold the horse for slaughter. I am demanding justice for Deputy Broad and he will NEVER be forgotten.

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Posted by: Nola, Bartlesville, OK on July 24, 2011 at 03:40 PM

Hey, Diane, why dont you quit nitpicking and look at whats really important. I know where your heart is, and its not for the horses.

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Posted by: diane, new cumberland, WV on July 23, 2011 at 11:05 AM

hey Jack before you complain about something you should learn to spell it correctly

Mountaineer got it????

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Posted by: Jack, Phoenix , AZ on July 23, 2011 at 09:02 AM

when are these racetracks going to enforce thier policies? horses go to slaughter every day from Mountainaire , and many othere. How many stories does it take to enforce the policy? for one thing the tracks do nothing to support the care of rachorses after they cannot run. they just make the money off of their lives . this industry needs an overhaul.
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