Like I said. I'm not a PETA fan and I don't mind racing. But... I don't agree with racing them like that when they are that young. They aren't even bred for soundness anymore. I guess I'm not a race horse industry fan. But I do enjoy watching the horses run. I would have brought up the fact that millions of animals die annually during harvests from being chopped up in blades, ran over or having their homes dug up. So if we ate more grains... we'd kill more harmless bunnies!
Have to say it::lol:
Those bunnies aren't so harmless to my garden, but that's ok , because I do love hassenpfeffer and those garden eating bunnies are very accommodating :lol: (and tasty).
I wish I could have gotten more bunnies when we gathered a crop or cut hay, but most of what we found in the fiields were rats. Hard for me to feel sorry for them and I wasn't hungry enough to put them on the menu :lol:
Thoroughbred raced as 2yo or 5yo no difference in effect of racing according to research. Horse bones harden with work. Not working them when young can also leave the weak later when they race.
Research can be deceiving, especially when done by the people who will benefit from the outcomes. Unless it was done by a 3rd party, completely unrelated to the racing industry, and I saw the procedure used on my own, I won't buy it.
Statistics are REALLY easy to manipulate, and "research" is easily skewed.
Research can be deceiving, especially when done by the people who will benefit from the outcomes. Unless it was done by a 3rd party, completely unrelated to the racing industry, and I saw the procedure used on my own, I won't buy it.
Statistics are REALLY easy to manipulate, and "research" is easily skewed.
Actually, there is an article by a VERY well-known vet that talks about the actual science behind how work DOES strengthen bones in race horses. If I can find it, I will post it.
I know this is an older thread with a couple newer posts, but I'll add to in anyway. Horses break down at the track, just like horses break down in OTHER horse disciplines. It happens...it goes with the territory. Do I like to see break downs? No, of course not. I'm an avid horse race fan and handicapper, I go to the track alot and have yet to see a break down. People get up in arms when they see it on live TV, when it's a daily occurence in the general horse industry. A friend of mine who kept her show horse at my trainer's, a really nice WP paint mare....paint mare was turned out in the indoor due to inclement weather, she was racing around feeling good...took a bad step and broke her ankle. It happens.
Another case in point is Hickstead, he died immediately after a jump round in Canada, just recently. He had a heart attack, and dropped to the ground....the stands full of people. It's sad, but it happens. These horses are athletes but they are not infallible.
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