Old racehorses will be slaughtered but you can save their lives

New Jersey has some beautiful areas for horses. In fact, we have more horses per capita than any other state. We have over 25,000 in the Garden State, or four per every square mile. The horse is the state animal.

So when I tell you the sad fact that over 20,000 horses were killed last year in foreign slaughterhouses maybe it will bother you like it did me. Horse slaughter is illegal in the United States, so they’re shipped away to meet their end.

Many are racehorses. Often Standardbreds like the kind used in harness racing at Freehold. They retire out to often become workhorses, perhaps…