Racehorse in France with broken leg not PTS straight away?

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A friend of mine has a race horse in training in France, on Thursday last week it shattered its leg on the gallops, the vet attended and said it needed to be PTS, for some reason it was strapped up with a Robert Jones bandage and still alive on Saturday, supposedley waiting for transport to be euthenasied. Can anyone shed some light on why the vet could of not put him down there and then and why they have to wait for transport to take him to be PTS, is this an excuse on the trainers part so he can get money for meat?
 
My friend was told that how it happens in France, they have to wait till alorry can take them away. Iam guessing this is a thing the trainer has told them just so he can get £500 for it on the hook, I just hope they see through this trainer and take all their other horses away from him.
 
There was no reason why the horse couldn't have been destroyed there and then. It may well be that either they were hoping to save the horse, or yes get some money back on it from abattoir.

Certainly it would have little if any meat value.

And whilst it's true that the laws on horse destruction differ greatly in France than they do here in the UK, I find it difficult to believe that racecourses and other professional events do not have a lorry on standby to remove destroyed animals.

In your friends shoes I would be demanding that the horse is pts immediately, and not travelled to an abattoir.
 
The link CR has given highlights why this horse was not put down with drugs, all down to money I suspect. And as to not having much meat value, if you look at some sites the meat value seems to be surprisingly high far great than over here.
 
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Well, there's no doubting that it will have some intrinsic value. How sad though that the trainers didn't have it destroyed on the track.
 
I would think it would be more to do with removing the carcass. dead horses are heavy and difficult to move without the proper equipment & I cant see them wanting a dead horse left on the gallops for a few days.

Still not right but not always to do with money, the situation we have in the UK is fantastic thanks to Hunts collecting fallen stock you rarely have to wait long for disposal.
 
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Absolutey agree on the value of the meat. However, the horse won't have any on it
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Neither do the ones on the sites I am thinking of
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They are all very poor but still seem to be on offer for high prices.
 
Surely this horse must have received painkillers and sedatives to move it in which case the meat would not be fit for human consumption
If not a grave act of cruelty has taken place which needs further investigation--questions to French racing authorities asap
 
MG is so right, here in France, I believe the vet pts the horse with drugs, shooting not allowed and no Hunts to collect the body.Then the body has to be placed next to the road, as the collection wagon cannot enter your land, disease controls.However, I would have expected the poor horse in this instance to be treated more humanely.Value your HUNTS, I say!
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Like JCWHITE said. Once the horse is pts it has to be dragged to the side of the road and covered in a tarpaulin and wait for the collection wagon. I certainly would not like to have my horse lying there for days on end with animals able to get at it.
 
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Like JCWHITE said. Once the horse is pts it has to be dragged to the side of the road and covered in a tarpaulin and wait for the collection wagon. I certainly would not like to have my horse lying there for days on end with animals able to get at it.

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This happened at a 'professional' venue - and I can't believe that they have no procedures in place to manage this kind of thing.
 
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