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The Stronach Group is endorsing a call from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to ban the sale of North American Thoroughbreds to South Korean racing interests, it was announced Dec. 16.
he major track owner, of which Belinda Stronach is chair and president, issued the call after viewing a PETA video exposé about the slaughter of racehorses in South Korea and learning from PETA that American stallion Private Vow was slaughtered in South Korea. The Korea Racing Authority lists the date of the horse's death as Sept. 22.
Bloodstock agent Jun Park, the American representative for the KRA, did not return calls seeking comment Wednesday.
Private Vow, a multiple grade 2 winner by Broken Vow, entered stud at Jay Adcock's Red River Farms in Louisiana, where he stood for seven years. Because breeders stopped supporting the stallion he bred nine mares in 2013 and 10 in 2014 he was sold to a farm in South Korea, where he began stud duty in 2015. Adcock said he was not aware the 17YO stallion was dead until he saw news reports Wednesday.
Adcock said he did know the Korean farm that bought Private Vow at some point sold the stallion to a breeder, who used the stallion only for his breeding program.