S3 [9] The Horses are Dying

What Really Happened?

Andrew Jenks

Society & Culture

4.5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Horse-racing is part of America’s pastime. And the Santa Anita racetrack is perhaps the most prestigious in the country. But within the span of only a few months, 30 horses had died. What really happened? Joe Drape, New York Times reporter and Best-Selling author of American Pharoah: The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise Larry Smith, horse trainer Dr. Alec Walen, professor of law and philosophy Kathy Guillermo, senior vice president of PETA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to season three of what really happened.
0:03.1	Executive produced by Seven Bucks Productions,
0:06.0	Duane Johnson, Danny Garcia, and Brian Gowertz,
0:09.3	an association with Cadence 13.
0:11.7	It's written and hosted by me, Andrew Janks,
0:14.1	and you can follow me on Twitter or Instagram at Andrew Janks.
0:17.6	You can also become a contributor to the show
0:20.4	by going to jankspod.com slash contributors.
0:25.6	I'm pretty passionate about this horse racing predates baseball
0:38.7	as the first American sport.
0:40.8	This is Joe Drape, award-winning sports writer for the New York Times,
0:45.2	best-selling author of American Farrow,
0:47.6	the untold story of the triple crown winner's legendary rise,
0:51.6	and overall horse racing guru.
0:54.9	It is intensely American.
0:57.1	My horse is faster than yours, let's bet on it.
0:59.8	It goes straight to our character.
1:01.6	It's the only sport ever run out of the White House.
1:03.9	Andrew Jankson was a degenerate gambler in horsemen,
1:07.2	and he ran in race horses from the White House when he was president.
1:11.6	So, you know, it really plays to our character as a rich history.
1:15.7	It came with us from the revolution.
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