Saturday, June 28, 2008

Suffolk Downs Begins Zero-Tolerance Horse Slaughter Policy



SAM ELLIOTT
Chip Bott photo
by Steve Myrick

Suffolk Downs has established a new policy holding trainers accountable when their horses are sold for slaughter.

Sam Elliott, the track’s vice president for racing, has informed the leadership of the New England Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association that any trainer found to have sold a horse for slaughter will have his stalls revoked and be denied stalls at any time in the future....


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