5/16/2023 0 Comments Canterbury park extreme race day![]() ![]() If there had been issues, Maday said, they would have been pointed out by Canterbury and the staff of Hedrick's Exotic Animal Farm, the Kansas organization that works with the animals. In the 10 to 15 years that they've run the races, Maday said, no human or animal has been injured. There are no plans to engage in any conversations with PETA or cancel the upcoming races. Sampson declined to speak with the Star Tribune, but he had seen Guillermo's letter, Maday said. "That's why we decided to take the action of writing to the president and also releasing it publicly," she said. Guillermo said she wrote to the secretary of racing at Canterbury three weeks ago in order to give the track ample time to cancel the event, but she received no response. "They can be to humans, as well as to themselves." ![]() "That kind of frantic, erratic behavior that makes people laugh is the animal showing that they're uncomfortable, that they're frightened," Guillermo said Friday. The letter also said that prey animals are hardwired to panic and run when exposed to loud noises, such as applause and laughter from a crowd at a racetrack. Ostriches aren't built to carry humans on their backs, and doing so while running can cause painful injuries such as sprains and dislocations, she wrote. "Kind people don't view animals as objects to be mocked or forced into submission," wrote Kathy Guillermo, a senior vice president in PETA's equine department, in a July 9 letter to Canterbury President and CEO Randy Sampson. PETA called on Canterbury Park to cancel the exotic animal races. Nondomestic animals aren't meant to carry human passengers, says the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The 2022 Kennedy Oaks is set to run as Flemington Race 8 at 5:10pm (AEDT) on Thursday.Ĭlick here for the latest markets thanks to .But racing exotic animals for sport is not popular with animal advocates. The early VRC Oaks market mover backed in from $11 to $9 is Jamie Kah’s mount Pavitra bringing in the right form lines having run third in the Ethereal and second in the Wakeful, while fellow American Pharoah filly Foxy Cleopatra in gate nine is also being kept safe at the same price. The next best in Kennedy Oaks betting are the Bjorn Baker-trained recent Ethereal Stakes winner Renaissance Woman ($7.50) back in Melbourne off her Spring Champion sixth and Lindsey Smith’s untapped Toronado filly Queen Air ($7.50), fourth in the Wakeful at just her third start, drawn in barriers eight and seven respectively. Zennzella looks to do the double Willowy (2021) completed last spring. The bookies are taking no chances with the Wakeful winner on the quick back-up now as She went from a Pakenham maiden win over the mile on the synthetic track on October 16 wo winning last Saturday’s Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) on Derby Day at a big price. Their in-form Snitzel filly Zennzella has been good since transferring to the stable from the care of Lloyd Kennewell winning two of her three starts since late September. Maher & Eustace, who saddle-up an impressive five runners in Tuesday’s 2022 Melbourne Cup field, could be in for a big, few days at Flemington. It is an open Oaks market this spring with five of her rivals also under double-figures for the win including the $6.50 second elect Zennzella for Ciaron Maher & David Eustace. The latest Kennedy Oaks odds online at have She’s Extreme on top at $2.70. Now it looks She’s Extreme’s turn to do the same back against the girls from barrier one with Tommy Berry in the saddle. The Spring Champion Stakes form was franked with the winner Sharp ‘N’ Smart running a brave second behind Chris Waller’s upset winner Manzoice in the Group 1 VRC Derby (2500m) at Flemington. She comes off four Sydney runs including back-to-back Group 1 placings at Randwick when second in the Flight Stakes over a mile in the wet behind Zougotcha before crossing only a half-length third when taking on the boys over 2000m in the Spring Champion Stakes. Winner of the Group 1 Champagne Stakes over the mile as a two-year-old, She’s Extreme has been excellent this campaign without winning. The in-form daughter of Extreme Choice headlines an eleven-filly field for this year’s Group 1 $1 million Kennedy Oaks (2500m), which runs at Flemington two days after the 162 nd edition of the Melbourne Cup takes place. She’s Extreme is the filly to beat in the 2022 Kennedy Oaks field at Flemington on Thursday.
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