Albany Times Union- Police Raid Paragallo's Green Cty. Farm

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Marli
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New York Times Story-

Postby Marli » Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:39 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/sports/othersports/09horses.html?_r=1&ref=sports

Quote from the SPCA Officer

“It’s really bad,” Perez said. “It’s the worst I’ve ever seen in a thoroughbred situation.”

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Postby mightyhijames » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:23 pm

the forum at www.thoroughbredchampions.com has about a 20+ page thread going on this, with links from just about every source known to man. my brother just heard about the raid on the racing station on sirrius radio. this has made the big time.

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Postby Linda_d » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:10 pm

Marli, I couldn't get your link to work, so here's one that does work:
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=788327

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Postby Linda_d » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:13 pm

I'm just amazed at the brazenness of people who get caught doing this kind of thing and then pretend it was all an "accident" or a "misunderstanding".