"Breaches to welfare"
 

A possible ban of up to 10 years for Johnson.

Johnson will face a BHA hearing provisionally set for February 10 after admitting running Striking Article in eight races after the horse had undergone a neurectomy, the severing of nervous connection to the lower leg to cause numbness.

The neurectomy, which is banned on welfare grounds as it may cause horses to continue running through pain which they would normally feel, was discovered in a post mortem after Striking Article was put down after being injured in a claiming chase at Musselburgh in February last year.

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...es/806744/top/

I have never even heard of this procedure...

Would he (go to jail for this here)?

Sick, sick, sick.

I believe this was what they did to JC Gonzales' mount Wolf Hunt at Fairplex. JC was killed when his horse broke both of his legs near the top of the stretch and the other horses were unable to avoid him. I believe the trainer of Wolf Hunt was guilty of Manslaughter.

Sorry if I misremembered the details but nerving a horse so it will not feel pain and continue to run is a hanging offense in my opinion. :mad:

Figured we should update this...

Hasta la vista, ****tard.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/hor...are-rules.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/hors...g/14214611.stm