Monzante, winner of >$500k, was dropped by his owners and award-winning trainer once his talent tapered off in 2010. Fast forward to yesterday, he dies on the racetrack in a $4000 race – not a nice end – on the anniversary of one of his biggest wins.
Racing media isn’t covering it. Racing professionals say this is how the biz works, so too bad. Fans put this together today to force the industry to respond. It worked in 2002 when a Kentucky Derby winner ended up in a slaughterhouse. Racing won’t change until we force it to.
change.org/petitions/nation … ing-a-race
