{"id":66925,"date":"2025-02-04T00:39:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T00:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/excellent-piece-on-saratoga-and-our-activism\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T00:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T00:39:50","slug":"excellent-piece-on-saratoga-and-our-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=66925","title":{"rendered":"Excellent Piece on Saratoga and Our Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In its August issue, the <em>Hill Country Observer<\/em> did a long cover story on Saratoga Race Course \u2013 and us: \u201cFor the love of horses: Animal rights activists target Saratoga\u2019s crown jewel.\u201d The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillcountryobserver.com\/2021news\/august2021horses.htm\">full piece<\/a> merits your attention, but before you read, a thought.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist, Stacey Morris, who I feel was exceedingly fair, of course went to the other side for comments\/retorts. NYRA, as expected, just dished <a href=\"https:\/\/horseracingwrongs.org\/2021\/04\/24\/theyre-lying-and-heres-the-proof\/\">more of the same, old, tired subterfuge<\/a> they\u2019re famous for:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNYRA is committed to implementing science-driven best practices to establish and maintain safe racing surfaces and facilities for the equine and human athletes who race and train at Belmont, Saratoga and Aqueduct. To meet this goal, NYRA has made significant capital investments in recent years to upgrade and modernize the facilities where we operate.\u201d (I\u2019ve addressed this ad nauseam, but consider just one recent fact: 53 horses died at Belmont last year\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its August issue, the Hill Country Observer did a long cover story on Saratoga Race Course \u2013 and us: \u201cFor the love of horses: Animal rights activists target Saratoga\u2019s crown jewel.\u201d The full piece merits your attention, but before you read, a thought. 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