By Nicole Arciello | Executive Director
Dear friends of the horses,
We are pleased to bring you a celebratory update of the last couple months!
Victory in Illinois!
After almost 100 years of abusing and killing horses, Arlington International Racecourse outside of Chicago was permanently shuttered after the final race Saturday, September 25, 2021. This is the 40th track closure since 2000!
Victory in Massachusetts!
In the two years since New England’s last Thoroughbred track, Suffolk Downs, closed, there have been repeated attempts to bring racing back. Having previously worked with advocates in Great Barrington and Wareham, HW took an active, leading role in fighting the Sturbridge plan. In addition to sending out 4,500 full-page inserts (see it here) in the Sturbridge Villager and providing hundreds of materials for activists to disseminate around town, executive director, Nicole Arciello and founder and president, Patrick Battuello, attended a planning-board meeting in September and the town vote the evening of Thursday, October 28th.They, along with a host of other MA advocates, were there to greet residents – with the facts, the truth about horseracing – as they arrived to cast their ballots. And we succeeded, the measure, in the words of the town administrator, “defeated soundly.”
More Moble Billboards!
Horseracing Wrongs successful Mobile Billboard campaign kept on truckin’ with two more at Travers Day at Saratoga (August 28, 2021) and two at Del Mar in California for the Breeder’s Cup for a total of 10 mobile billboards educating the public at ALL major races this year. We have plans to do the same next year along with some other tracks, too!
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Thank you for caring about the horses and for joining us to be their voice! Together, we can end horseracing!
For the horses,
Nicole Arciello
Executive Director
Horseracing Wrongs
nicole@horseracingwrongs.com
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