What Track Kills More Than Five Times As Many Horses as HBO Show Luck!?
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If you said Aqueduct racetrack then come pick up your winnings. Since racing began November 30th, 16 horses have been injured and euthanized, most recently on Wednesday, when Hillsboro Bay injured her leg on the inner dirt track and had to be put down. Governor Cuomo’s office sent a letter to the New York Racing Association’s president, Charles Hayward “advising NYRA to hire a qualified independent investigator or team of investigators to review the circumstances involving these breakdowns.” Oddly none of the deaths seem to bother degenerate gamblers who just want to lose their kids college money as fast as possible.
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