How do we make sure this never happens again?

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

How is the vets absence the trainers fault?

I dunno. The regular vet sent someone to euthanize the horse as soon as notified.

When a horse colics seriously at 2:00pm, and a trainers private vet isn't physically on track, we blame the vet then too, right?

So your argument is that any private vet who works a race track has a responsibility to have a physical presence on track ... when? During training hours? Training and racing? 12 hours a day? 24 hours a day? What about tracks that run at night, does the vet have to be there 4am to ... when? Get specific with your answer for us.