Another racer, another bullet
March 11th 2010 05:41
Old mate Paul Hassing has just posted a comment on Twitter about the news that a horse in the racing stable of leading Australian trainer David Hayes had to be put down today due to injuries suffered during trackwork last weekend.
Our Aqaleem suffered a suspected fractured shoulder on Saturday in his final hit-out before next weekend's Australia Cup, a Group 1 race for which Our Aqaleem was one of the more fancied starters.
The loss comes one day after the same stable lost another horse, Changingoftheguard, which died of a ruptured bowel during a routine gelding operation.
Hassing's comment was this: 1. Raise horse. 2. Castrate. 3. Race. 4. Injure. 5. Kill. What fun!
What fun indeed. And just remember that horse trainers are, relatively, the good guys. When it comes to greyhound racing, many trainers don't need No. 4 to kill them.
For more on that, and the man in the picture above, go here.
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