That would be convenient, yes?
A necropsy will tell the story, but for a horse that was foaled in 2010, heart failure would be just as bad since why the hell would a horse that is not even 10 years old have a heart attack over a fence. Interesting, doing a google search on Pizazz II yielded pages that were not accessible but for cache…
Jeloushe, I wonder why this thread is maintained? I think it is clear that the fate of the horse is this sport has generally become secondary to what is more important, money. Unless there was an actual study done that looked at horse deaths and was commissioned to make actual changes to the sport to work towards reducing them…
The ultimate answer to your original question…and let’s not be politically correct for a moment…
What The Fuck are we Doing?
Fucking nothing. Nothing but cataloging their deaths, and commenting on them, and saying “but they died doing what they love (bullshit, they love eating grass)”, or but they could have died in a pasture, mine did (then he/she died doing what they really loved), or “We can’t change the sport, because no one would watch it so what’s a horse or two” or "Well they killed them in the old days so what’s your point or “You don’t don’t know nothing about this sport so shut up”. That’s my favorite.
Your call Jeloushe (whom I respect), but I’d tie this one off and call it a day. Those that could make a change, won’t. Those on this list that have been there done that forever will say, “that’s just the life of a horse” (and do nothing) and those that actually do care…well…they either left of have the imprint of the boot from the “experts” and learned to toe the line.
