Thanks to the plunging profits and earnings. In just two weeks, it went from anĪstronomically high 22.07 to a super-astronomically high 23.41, Last time I posted it was just a couple of weeks ago, when it wasĢ2.07 on October 23. Valuations index) on Friday morning (November 6) was at 23.41. The result is that the S&P 500 price/earnings index has been surging.Īccording to Friday's Wall Street Journal, the S&P 500 Price/Earnings index (stock Sales numbers have also been consistently down, contracting down about In the second quarter, earnings contracted by 16%. It is the third consecutive quarter in which earnings per share haveįallen. Straight quarter of steep profit contraction. (WSJ)Ĭompanies listed in the S&P 500 index are looking at the third S&P 500 Price/Earnings ratio surges to 23.41 in last two weeks from 10/23 to 11/6, indicating a rapidly enlarging stock market bubble.
She’s a Cowgirl, Mar 6, Saratoga Harness R Golden Fizz, Mar 3, Clendining Farms (NJ) Tīrothers Johnanddon (probably sic), Mar 5, Sunland S King Arien, Feb 28, Mahoning R (euthanized Mar 11) Inspeightofthings, Feb 27, Gulfstream W T Hurricane Turn, Feb 22, Parx R (euthanized Feb 28)Ĭhange Dancer (probably sic), Feb 24, Sunland S Wild Tchoupitoulas, Feb 21, Fair Grounds R I Jus Wana Hav Fun, Feb 14, Fair Grounds R Wild Moon, Feb 13, Tampa Bay R (euthanized Feb 14) Katelynn’s the One, Jan 30, Sam Houston RĪstral, Feb 10, Parx R (euthanized Feb 11)
Trail’satwosteppin, Jan 23, Charles Town Rįronkonsteen, Jan 28, Charles Town R (euthanized Jan 29) Ratso Rizzo, Jan 18, Gulfstream R (euthanized Jan 19) Under Study Career, Jan 16, Golden Gate T Master’s Champion, Jan 14, Charles Town T (euthanized Jan 15) Tracks, 2015 (R: Racing T: Training S: Stall)Ĭalvados, Jan 3, Parx R (euthanized Jan 4)Įar D’Rhythm, Jan 9, Laurel R (euthanized Jan 10)
There is, also: the pounding of unformed bodies the cruel, unremitting, solitary confinement the whipping the drugging and doping and, of course, the commodification – collectively, the Horseracing Wrongs. In short, what follows is far from a complete reckoning of horseracing’s carnage.įinally, while reading, please be mindful that the killing is but a part of the story. So, this list – over 1,000 strong – could easily and reasonably be doubled, leaving us well in excess of 2,000 dead horses last year.įurthermore, this list says nothing of the multiple thousands of 2015’s “retired” who were shackled, hung, slashed, bled-out, and butchered in foreign abattoirs. In addition, some states withheld, or claimed they had no records of, training and/or stall deaths. Neither, the horses who perished at the over 200 private training facilities strewn across the land. Please note, however, that these are on-site deaths only – the “catastrophically injured” who were euthanized back at the farm or after being acquired by a rescue are not reflected here. The following racehorses were killed at American tracks in 2015.