CANTER THOROUGHBRED RESCUE KEEPING SECRET

Canter MI is a part of a well known national Thoroughbred rescue that specializes in finding off-track thoroughbreds new homes. Many of these rescued horses would have wound up going to slaugher if not for the wonderful work of Canter. Canter Michigan has been licenced by the Michigan Racing Commission for the past eleven (11) years. However, it has recently come to our attention that the Michigan Racing Association has "all of a sudden" decided NOT to allow Canter on the track anymore.  This is new news to us but not to Canter Michigan. Canter has known about this new "banishment" for several months but for some reason has decided NOT to divulge this devistating news to the public. We are wondering why the secrecy? Who are they trying to protect? Of course we can understand them "not wanting to anger the Commission" and wanting to try to "work it out for themselves" to get back into the good graces of the Racing Commission, but we think by withholding this information Canter MI is doing a dis-service to the horses. PUBLIC OUTRAGE is called for here as horses are being sent to their deaths while we are made to wait in silence and ignorance while Canter Michigan trys to "work it out" for themselves. We, Friends of Equines think that this issue is something that should be widely publisized and not hidden under the rug. Public embarassment is one of the few tools we have available to us and is a powerful one but will not work if TRUTH is supressed. Shame on you Canter Michigan. How long will you have us wait before we start "making a fuss" over this? It has already been THREE MONTHS since the ban and how much progress have you made? How long should we wait to get the word out about the callous-indifference the Michigan Racing Commission has shown to not only your rescue but to ALL rescues? This is EXACTLY the kind of story we need to EXPOSE to prove our point about the racing industry.....that they just dont give a dam. Why are you trying to protect them when you should be exposing them? 
Canter, Michigan, this petition is for YOU - imploring you to do the right thing and call the press about this. Let the world know and you will see how quick the Michigan Racing Commission "sees the error of their ways" and come around to our way of thinking. We doubt you will accomplish much playing "nicey nice" with the powers-that-be. There is only one thing they understand and that is PUBLIC EMBARASSMENT. What are you waiting for? Write a press release and TELL on the dirty, greedy sobs.  

Here is a link to Canter Michigans website where you can contact them to let them know what you think of their keeping the Michigan Racing Commissions "dirty little secret" about their banning them;

Canter Michigan Home
 http://www.canterusa.org/michigan/

and here is a link to a petition directed at the Michigan Horseracing Commission so you can tell them what you think of them banning horse-rescuers from their tracks;

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/tb-racing-commission-says-no-2-tb-rescue

and below are some media outlets we can all contact in hopes of getting some press coverage of this devistating news that Canter Michigan is trying to hide;  Call and tell them the news that Canter wont tell: Michigan Racing Commission BANS Horse-Rescue from Track! 

NORTH AMERICAN MEDIA OUTLETS

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Albany Times Union
Tim FarkasMatt Graves (518) 454-5413 (518) 454-5819tusports@timesunion.com

Arizona Republic
Dave Lumia Mark Armijo(602) 444-8641 (602) 444-8686sports@arizonarepublic.com

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Wally Hall Robert Yates (501) 378-3411 (501) 375-4521

Asbury Park Press
John Quinn Howard Bass (732) 643-4000 (732) 643-4015sports@app.com

Atlanta Journal-Constitution 
Don Boykin Mike Tierney (404) 526-5488 (404) 526-5977sports@ajc.com

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Baltimore Sun 
Jack Gibbons, Jr. Tom Keyser(410) 332-6565(410) 783-2518sun.features@baltsun.com

Boston Globe
Don Skwar Ron Indrisano (617) 929-2840 (617) 929-2670sports@globe.com

Boston Herald
Mark Torpey Ed Gray (800) 234-5680 (617) 619-6430sports@bostonherald.com

Buffalo News
Howard SmithBob Summers(716) 849-4461 (716) 849-4587sports@buffnews.com

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Calgary Herald
Tom Moloney
Doug Abraham(403) 235-7373 (403) 235-7313sports@theherald.southam.ca

Calgary Sun 
Martin HudsonRon Manz (403) 250-4141 (403) 250-4180
cal-sports@calgarysun.com

Chicago Sun Times 
Bill Adee Jim O%u2019Donnell(312) 321-2664 (312) 645-9213
sports@suntimes.com

Chicago Tribune
Dan McGrath Neil Milbert (312) 222-3474 (312) 828-9392
sports@tribune.com

Cincinnati Enquirer
Julie Engebrecht
Jack Murray(513) 768-8438 (513) 768-8550
tempo@enquirer.com

Cincinnati Post 
Frank Carini Richard Skinner(513) 352-2767 (513) 621-3962
postsports@cincipost.com

Cleveland Plain Dealer
Roy Hewitt 
Bob Roberts (216) 999-4370 (216) 999-6276
sports@plaind.com

Columbus Dispatch
Danny Goodwin
Brad Schmaltz(614) 461-8522 (614) 461-8798
post@dispatch.com

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Daily Oklahoman 
Mike Sherman or Jerry Shottenkirk
(405) 475-3314 (405) 475-3315
msherman@oklahoman.com

Dallas Morning News
Bob Yates or Gary West (214) 977-8444 (214) 651-0580
dmnsports@dallasnews.com

Des Moines Register 
Randy Brubaker or Dan Johnson (515) 284-8130 (515) 284-8391
dansjohn@dmreg.com

Detroit Free Press 
Gene Myers or Gene Guidi (313) 222-6661 (313) 222-5983
sports@freepress.com

Detroit News 
Bill McMillan NA(313) 222-2260 (313) 222-6019
sports@detnews.com

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram C
eleste Williams or Tim Price (817) 390-7401(817) 390-7210
sports@star-telegram.com

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Houston Chronicle 
Dan Cunningham or Richard Dean (713) 220-7891(713) 362-7866
fred.fauor@chron.com

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Las Vegas Review Journal 
Jay Richards or Richard Eng (702) 383-0298(702) 383-0302
rich_eng@yahoo.com

Lexington Herald-Leader 
Gene Abell or Maryjean Wall (859) 231-3236(859) 231-1451
hlfeatures@heraldleader.com

Los Angeles Daily News  
Michael Anastasi or Kevin Modesti (818) 713-3627(818) 713-3436
dnlasports@dailynews.com

Los Angeles Times 
Bill Dwyreor  Bill Christine (213) 237-3569(213) 237-7876
sports@latimes.com

Louisville Courier-Journal 
Harry Bryan Jennie Rees (502) 582-4361(502) 582-7186
sports@courier-journal.com

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Miami Herald 
Richard Bush or Clark Spencer (305) 376-3500(305) 376-2295
sports@herald.com

Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Glenn Crevier or Rachel Blount (612) 673-4447(612) 673-7774
sports@gwstartribune.com

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New Orleans Times-Picayune 
David Meeks or Bob Fortus (504) 826-3405(504) 826-3401
sports@timespicayune.com

New York Daily News
Leon Carter or Sherry Ross (212) 210-1671(212) 643-7845
sherrydarlingnj@aol.com

New York Post 
Greg Gallo Ed Fountaine (212) 930-8000(212) 930-8727
sports@nypost.com

New York Times
Tom Jolly or Joe Drape (212) 556-7381(212) 556-5848
sports@nytimes.com

Newark Star-Ledger 
Chris D%u2019Amico or Tom Lucci (973) 392-4023(973) 392-5445
sports@starledger.com

Newsday 
Steve Ruinski or Paul Moran (516) 843-2810(516) 454-6892
sports@newsday.com

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Oakland Tribune 
John Becker or Dennis Miller (925) 416-4803(925) 416-4874
incoming@agnewspapers.com

Omaha World Herald 
Steve Sinclair or Mike Patterson (402) 444-1311(402) 344-3343
sports@owh.com

Orange County Register
Bill Gibson NA (714) 796-7804(714) 796-6765
sports@ocregister.com

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Palm Beach Post
 Tim Burke NA(561) 820-4440 561) 820-4481

Philadelphia Daily News
 Caesar Alksop Dick Jerardi (215) 854-5700(215) 854-5524dnsports@phillynews.com

Philadelphia Inquirer 
Jim Jenks NA (215) 854-4550(215) 854-4564
gmiles@phillynews.com

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Sacramento Bee 
Armondo Acuna or Debbie Arrington (916) 441-4100(916) 326-5503
sidetracks@sacbee.com

San Antonio Express News
Mitchell Krugel or Lee Scheide (210) 351-7330(210) 250-3371
sports@express-news.net

San Diego Union Tribune 
Chuck Scott or Hank Wesch (619) 293-1342(619) 293-2443
sports@uniontrib.com

San Francisco Chronicle 
Glen Schwarz Larry Stumes (415) 777-7201(415) 543-3754
lstumes@sfchronicle.com

San Jose Mercury News
Mike Guersch or Ron Bergman (408) 920-5354(408) 920-5244
sports@sjmercury.com

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Ron Mathes or Larry Lee Palmer (206) 448-8370(206) 448-8164
sports@seattlepi.com

Seattle Times
Cathy Henkel or Mart Koivastik (206) 464-8278(206) 464-3255
sports@seattletimes.com

South Florida Sun Sentinel
Fred Turner Dave Joseph (954)356-4635(954) 356-4676
djoseph@sun-sentinel.com

St. Petersburg Times
Jack Sheppard or Bernie Dickman (727) 893-8123(727) 893-8782
sptsnews@sptimes.com

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Tacoma News Tribune
Dale Phelps  (253) 597-8681(253) 597-8360
sports@mail.tribnet.com

Tampa Tribune
Mike Pennetti NA (813) 259-7655(813) 259-8148
sports@tampatrib.com

Toronto Globe & Mail 
Steve McAllister & Beverly Smith (416) 585-5333(416) 585-5085
globesports@globeandmail.ca

Toronto Star
 Graham Farley John Chuun (416) 869-4361(416) 865-3999
sports@thestar.com

Toronto Sun
Pat Grier Rob Longley (416) 947-2266(416) 947-2454
copy@tor.sunpub.com

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Vancouver Province
Paul Chapman or Tom Wolski (604) 605-2014(604) 605-2223
provsports@png.canwest.com

Vancouver Sun
Steve Snelgrove or Dennis Feser (604) 605-2395(604) 605-2524
sunsports@png.canwest.com

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Washington Post
George Solomon or Andrew Beyer (202) 334-7350(202) 334-7685
sports@washpost.com

Wire Services

The Associated Press
 Rich Rosenblatt (212) 621-1631(212) 621-1639
rrosenblatt@ap.org

The Associated Press 
Beth Harris (213) 626-1200(213) 346-0200
bharris@ap.org

Bloomberg News 
Pete Coates (609) 750-4688(646) 268-5238
pcoates@bloomberg.net

Canadian Press
Neil Davidson (416) 507-2154(416) 507-2074
ndavidson@cp.org

Reuters 
Larry Fine (646) 223-6290(646) 223-6299
larry.fine@reuters.com

United Press International
Bob Kieckhefer (312) 781-1608(312) 781-1603
rkieck@aol.com

National Dailies

USA Today 
Tom Pedulla (703) 276-3693 (703) 284-3381
tpedulla@usatoday.com
Reid Cherner (703) 854-3694
rcherner@usatoday.com

Sports Illustrated 

Mark Godich (212) 522-5630 (212) 977-4540
mark.godich@simail.com

The Sporting News 
Barry Reeves (314) 993-7759 (314) 993-7794
breeves@sportingnews.com

Newsweek 
Mark Starr (617) 425-0077 (617) 425-5199
mstarr@newsweek.com

Time 
Bill Saporito (212) 522-2004 (212) 522-3002
bill_saporito@timemagazine.com

Thoroughbred Outlets

Daily Racing Form 
Rich Rosenbush (212) 366-7651 (212) 366-7718J
ohn Eastwood
jeastwood@drf.com

Equibase 
Rhonda Norby (859) 224-2856 (859) 224-2811
rnorby@equibase.com

NTRA Communications
Eric Wing (212) 907-9283 (212) 927-9281
ewing@ntra.com

The Blood-Horse 
Ray Paulick (606) 278-2361 (606) 276-4450
Ron Mitchell
Rmitchell@bloodhorse.com

Thoroughbred Daily News
Andy Belfiore(732) 747-8955 (732) 847-8955

Thoroughbred Times 
Mark Simon (606) 260-9800 (606) 260-9812
Michele MacDonald 
mmacdonald@thoroughbredtimes.com

TVG 
Shawna McLean (310) 979-5046 (310) 207-7310
smclean@tvgnetwork.com
Tim Rutter (310) 979-5056 (310) 207-7310

Winner Communications 
Chris Lincoln (918) 496-1900 (918) 496-8606
clincoln@winnercomm.com

NATIONAL CABLE NETWORKS

ESPN News 
Vince Doria (860) 585-2330 (860) 585-2213
ESPN SportsCenter 
Bob Eaton (860) 585-2135 (860) 585-2422

Fox Sports Net 
Steve Hauser (310) 369-9160 (310) 969-6049