Zero Tolerance?

[Arletta]

Looks like Penn National dropped the ball on this one...

"In a holding pen at a small auction in Fredericksburg, PA, approximately 15 miles from Penn National Race Course, the only thoroughbred among ponies and other breeds, paced nervously back and forth calling to the other horses."

Poster Trainer?!!

"Brandon Jenkins has been featured as the poster trainer for Penn National in their Post Times handout, a quarterly publication describing him " as a 3rd generation horseman" and how his talents have not gone unnoticed. According to the publication, " he's a 17 horse outfit and stated he wanted to stay at Penn National for a long time."

"We have received the least amount of assistance from this track and management," claims Sheidy. "What good are zero tolerance policies if they aren't going to be enforced? I have rescued several thoroughbreds from Penn National in the last few months and I have yet to see this no slaughter policy ever enforced although the management has been made aware of each and every incident."

http://www.examiner.com/x-25445-West...l-this-article

[randallscott35]

I thought this was another Tiger thread. Kind of disappointed.

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

I thought this was another Tiger thread. Kind of disappointed.

Sorry to disappoint you Randall..Perhaps you can get your fill of all that here:

http://boards.espn.go.com/boards/mb/...t=golf&id=golf

[Duvalier]

I'm pretty sure Canter is the organization that works at Penn national to find homes for retired race horses so they don't end up in this type of situation. Seems like with the horse population at Pennsylvania tracks increasing so much in recent months...it's going to get harder and harder to place these horses as fast as some owners and trainers may want when their racing days are over.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Arletta

Sorry to disappoint you Randall..Perhaps you can get your fill of all that here:

http://boards.espn.go.com/boards/mb/...t=golf&id=golf

This is an important topic by the way. Didn't mean to suggest otherwise.

[johnny pinwheel]

i love these catch phrases, zero tolerance, war on drugs, war on terror. it usually really means "we put a band aid on it, nothing to see here move along".....lol

[Arletta]

Too bad something like this does'nt get the coverage Tiger's getting.

[Riot]

It's extremely difficult for people to sell/place horses of all breeds in open markets or auction. Killer prices are $500 or less, and that's what alot of horses will go for, to pet homes. That puts all those horses at risk, even when the owners don't want that. There's a reason that the minimum bid at Keeneland is $1000 for every horse.

BTW, look in your local paper, there's always a guy willing to "buy or sell horses any price". That's an aggregator for killers.

The only alternative for track people is to work their network of contacts off the track, to try and appropriately place any horse when their career is over. That network is always overworked.

It's tough on horses, and until we have alot less of them in the TB industry, the problem will remain. We only have so many back pastures and pet homes to retire them to. I don't know any improved answer, or any more than what people are trying to do now. The good people are taking lifetime responsibility for the horses that pass through their hands. But not everyone has the means or location or contacts to do so.

[richard]

This should eliminate Penn National from the Aqueduct casino process.