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SHOTLIST ++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE THIS EDIT CONTAINS PICTURES OF DEAD ANIMALS++ Rio Grande - 9 April, 2008 1. Mid of horse being washed 2. Various of horse being led into pool Cavanovas - 11 April, 2008 3. Wide pan and zoom out of a horse race 4. Jockey mounting horse 5. Mid of horse being treated 6. Wide of dead horses 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Jose Garcia Blanco, Medical Director Equine Practitioners Veterinary Clinic "We try, whenever a horse comes here to the clinic to get put down, and it's a horse that meets the requirements of a good adoption, we do try to keep him alive, and give him to somebody." 8. Mid of two dead horses 9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Jose Garcia Blanco, Medical Director Equine Practitioners Veterinary Clinic "I will not give a horse to somebody that I don't think it's a good home for them. In that case, if I don't have any other choices, then I think the better choice is to destroy him, to be put down. You know, if you drive around Puerto Rico, a lot of times you see horses that you know are thoroughbreds that were probably at the track and were probably given away. You see them and they're full of ticks, they're this skinny and they're not well-cared for. Well that shouldn't be a choice." 10. Wide of horses next to stables 11. Set up of Carol Donaldson washing horse 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Carol Donaldson, Horse trainer at Hacienda Siesta Allegre farm "I dwell on what I can do and not on what I was unable to do. Because it's heartbreaking, you now? You've got to look at it as a positive aspect, that you can do something." 13. Various of Donaldson washing horse 14. Mid of horses being led to parade 15. Various of horses racing on track 16. Set up of Lionel Muller at desk 17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lionel Muller, Vice President of Cavanovas tacetrack "Well I think it's a pity that that can happen, but we're in the position that any horse that will be available, we will look for a good home for them." 18. Cutaway of Muller on the phone 19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lionel Muller, Vice President of Cavanovas Racetrack "There a a lot of horses, I would say almost one or two per month - we adopt them to move them to somewhere else." 20. Cutaway of horse on race track 21. Various of horse at a stall Rio Grande - 9 April, 2008 22. Wide of gates and signage for Hacienda Siesta Allegre farm 23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Greg Jackson, farm owner and horse rescuer "You know when you've been around horses all your life you can see potential when you see a horse, and you know that horse would be fine or this or that. And to put down a perfectly fine horse, it's really difficult not to just say just bring him to the farm." 24. Wide of Linda Jackson leading a rescued horse 25. Wide of horse being groomed 26. SOUNDBITE: (English) Greg Jackson, farm owner and horse rescuer "Well it's a good feeling, especially when you get phone calls afterward how happy they are with the horse when they have it. Your just very emotional about it - wow, this horse was in line to get put down, and now look at the great life he has." 27. Mid of rescued horses 28. Close of horse LEAD IN: Horse racing is big business in Puerto Rico, but geographical limitations of the island make it difficult to house retired horses. Some retired horses are put down to save land and money. While some others are rescued by farm owners and put up for adoption. STORYLINE: Race horses on the tranquil caribbean island of Puerto Rico live a charmed life while they are racing. They are meticulously cared for, groomed, fed on a special diet and even have their own swimming pools. The clinic has both digital X-ray and an ultrasound machine. The horses died minutes later. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/6f49452e3597c7f88c4e1f8cd9a22164 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork