Sleepyfox, myectomies do require slitting the throat. Perhaps you do not like the fragrant language, but it is what it is. I used to work for various vets and watched and assisted in multiple surgeries. What would qualify as a butcher in your book? This hack has surgeries on all of his horses. Any surgery, even those that are necessary, carry a risk. I have seen the horses (not Gill’s) who have had this “procedure”, that did not quite work. For the rest of it’s life, the food and water (at least some of it) will run out of it’s nose, one of them was a Two Punch son, and as kind as a kitten otherwise. Why would anyone in their right mind cut on an otherwise healthy horse, just because he “thinks” it will help?
Judy, sorry you had to see that and continue to have to watch this corrossive influence. Makes everyone bitter and something can be done. The Jockey Club has a project where they purport to be interested in working on the medical assistance aspect of the racing industry, maybe we can add unnecessary medical procedures to the list, to include denerving, and injecting every joint with a Depo cocktail. What used to make me gag was to watch while joints were bled (tapped) and then more injections and off to the races. It was considered just normal maintenance and prerace prep.
