According to her final owner, Panty Raid has been euthanized “due to the infirmities of old age.” How old? 20 (despite what the racing press says, she would not have turned 21 till next month). That’s not old age. Regardless, the Thoroughbred Daily News’ headline says all you need to know about the human-horse relationship in this rotten industry:

“Grade I Winner and Producer Panty Raid Euthanized.”

A “winner” and a “producer.” In a short, four-paragraph “obituary,” we learn this about Panty’s life: “She retired with five wins…and earnings of $1,052,380. A $110,000 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Select Yearling purchase in 2005, she brought $275,000 at Keeneland April the following season. Offered at Fasig-Tipton November at the conclusion of her racing career, she was secured by Godolphin for $2.5 million. As a broodmare, [she] is responsible for Proxy, a $2.7 million earner…in addition to Grade II scorer Micheline.”

That’s it, folks. An asset, a resource, a piece of chattel. A something, not the someone she was. We are sorry, poor girl.

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