Kill Racing Not Horses

Pretty sparse grandstand for Del Mar Racing 's biggest race of its 12 weeks of racing this year ...

Now only 3 live tracks left operating in , down from 9 in 2024. PROTEST WORKS!
Del Mar Racing Los Alamitos Race Course Santa Anita Park
Only Alfieri and Ferraro remain from this photo of the California Horse Racing Board from August 2019 ... Ferraro had recently been appointed by Gov. Newsom in the wake of the Santa Anita Park Horse Death Spike and would soon become Board Chair, as he continues to be.

7 years ago: "SO PROUD of our band of 9 independent advocates for racehorses which spent almost 6 hours this morning and early afternoon to address the California Horse Racing Board at its monthly meeting, held this month in Del Mar.

"One horse owner told the Board to put us in our place. To the Board Chair’s credit, he made it clear that we have every right to be at this open public meeting.

"They got many ears full from us, speaking on several Agenda Items, plus the General Public Comment period at the end of the meeting.

“Horse Racing has been on life support for decades — Time to Euthanize Horse Racing in CA!”

Three-year-old Thoroughbred c**t B G Bullet was ambulanced from the track after finishing Third in Race 2 at Del Mar Racing on Friday, per the official Race Chart: "B G BULLET away quickly from the dispatch, stalked outside a rival then fell off the pace nearing the turn, took the turn two then three wide, kept on down the lane and just missed second, then was transported off the track via equine ambulance.”https://www.equibase.com/static/chart/pdf/DMR082126USA2.pdf

Public access to the California Horse Racing Board Veterinarian’s List has not worked since at least January 23rd, so we are unable to check on the status of B G Bullet. CHRB Website message: "The CHRB is aware that the link to the InCompass Vet List below is not functioning. The CHRB currently provides all information required by the law, which does not include this link to the InCompass vet list. This list is maintained by a third party and the CHRB takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, links that are unavailable or broken due to technical issues beyond our control. We apologize for the inconvenience."
https://www.chrb.ca.gov/veterinary.html

B G Bullet was last raced by his Trainer and buyer as yearling, Hector Palma, on January 18, 2026, at Santa Anita Park, placing First; then was raced twice in August 2025 at Del Mar Racing , Disqualified the first time he raced on August 1, 2025 due to interference with another horse, per official Race Chart:https://www.equibase.com/static/chart/2025/usa/dmr/20250801-usa-dmr-3-d.standard.pdf B G Bullet’s official Horse Profile: https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=11316062®istry=T&rbt=TB

Corrupt industry again on display this month ...

"• No specific violations have been alleged yet but a Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority - HISA investigation continues into circumstances, including unusual betting activity, surrounding upset victories Aug. 9 at Saratoga and Monmouth Park by four horses returning from layoffs and prepared by low-profile trainers at the Fair Hill (Md.) training center. Possibly related: One of the trainers, Angel Quiroz, could face a two-year suspension and $25,000 fine after the Aug. 13 announcement that another of his horses tested positive for the prohibited bronchodilator albuterol in an out-of-competition sample taken in July.

"• In a fresh racing scandal, owner, breeder and major tournament-winning handicapper Marshall Gramm is accused of improperly obtaining and sharing health information about other people’s horses from the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority - HISA computer system. Having such data could give Gramm an edge in claiming horses and making bets. Gramm, the economics department chair at Rhodes College in Memphis, issued a statement saying the real issue is the vulnerability of the HISA system."
[Gramm is son of former U.S. Senator Phil Gramm and wife Wendy Gramm, both central to the huge Enron scandal.]

Horse racing notebook: It’s UK one day, Del Mar the next for jockey Juan Hernandez After riding Bacio at York, he plans to take a helicopter and nighttime flight to get back to California in time for the Pacific Classic card on Saturday.

Del Mar Racing wagering handle last weekend (Thu-Sun) was DOWN 4.2% from 2025 even with 1 more race this year and the Avg Field Size this year was DOWN 9%.

THIS after 3 young horses died racing there in the first 3 weeks of this summer's racing meet: Valentina Jan on August 6th, and Can You Dream and Cornucopian on July 26th.

Del Mar’s biggest competition, Saratoga in upstate New York, had over Twice the Del Mar wagering handle on just 36% more races than Del Mar last week.

Let's put the horses out of the industry's misery and pull the plug -- Repeal the legalization of betting on live horses first added to the California Constitution in 1933 by California voters to raise revenue during the Great Depression. Our California Legislature can put this on the November 2028 Ballot by voting to do so by June 2028.

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Del Mar Wagering Keeps Dropping, let's Pull the Plug on Horse Racing in California! Del Mar Racing wagering handle last weekend (Thu-Sun) was DOWN 4.2% from 2025 even with 1 more race this year and the Avg Field Size this year was DOWN 9%. THIS after 3 young horses died racing there in the first 3 weeks of this summer's racing meet: Valentina Jan on August 6th, and Can You Dream an...

This CA Dept of Food & Ag senior executive Michael Flores has been very involved at the 22nd DAA/ Del Mar Fairgrounds through the Del Mar Race Track Authority and State Race Track Leasing Commission, serving as CDFA Director's rep on both bodies.

"In five cases, Flores attended meetings between the fairgrounds and the company, according to interviews and public records. One of those meetings was a tour with the Del Mar Fairgrounds, which Ellesse Flores also attended, according to fairgrounds CEO Becky Berlinger. [Sic, assume they mean Bartling.]

"Berlinger said she recalled being told that Ellesse Flores was a member of the Global Stack team and related to Michael Flores.

"But the conversation focused mostly on the fairgrounds and not Global Stack’s proposal, so she didn’t think much of the familial connection, she said. The fairgrounds hasn’t invited Global Stack to do a formal presentation or moved forward with the project, according to Berlinger."

Exclusive: A California official helped a company pitching data centers. His daughter works there The California official overseeing state fairgrounds has opened doors for a company that wants to revitalize venues by adding data centers and helipads. His daughter works for the firm.