Horse racing yay or neigh?

Thoughts_Arrive · November 2017

Neigh.
Spring carnival here in my home town.
It's all about horses, betting, fashion.
I hate this time of the year. Why do humans think it is okay to exploit horses for profit?

Go Beavers · November 2017

We eat them, so I guess watching them run around a track isn’t so bad when compared to the fate of a pig or cow.

Thoughts_Arrive · November 2017

I mean to hurt a horse by whipping it to make it run faster doesn't sit well with me.

Go Beavers · November 2017

Take a field trip to a slaughter house and it will look like patty cake.

Halifax2TheMax · November 2017

Some like to be ridden and whipped. And made to run fast. Is it the outfits?

gimmesometruth27 · November 2017

my band played at a horse track a few years ago. we were the entertainment playing music in between the races. it is a pretty big deal around here and that was considered a "great" gig to have.

during the first race a horse broke down and had to be euthanized essentially right in front of us. i felt awful after that. we had been booked to play there 5 or 6 times that summer. it was the first time we played there. we canceled the remaining shows because i did not feel right making money off of these animals that literally risk their lives every time they enter the gates.

i hate horse racing.

Shyner · November 2017

If horses could run without jockeys it would be humane

oftenreading · November 2017

Shyner said:

If horses could run without jockeys it would be humane

I think they would just stand around and eat, then. Like the rest of us.

Shyner · November 2017

Freedom for horses act 2017

Thoughts_Arrive · November 2017

gimmesometruth27 said:

my band played at a horse track a few years ago. we were the entertainment playing music in between the races. it is a pretty big deal around here and that was considered a "great" gig to have.

during the first race a horse broke down and had to be euthanized essentially right in front of us. i felt awful after that. we had been booked to play there 5 or 6 times that summer. it was the first time we played there. we canceled the remaining shows because i did not feel right making money off of these animals that literally risk their lives every time they enter the gates.

i hate horse racing.

yeah, it is common here that a horse or two get put down due to injuries.
We also have jumps racing which has higher death rates.
It sickens me that people don't care about the horses, it's all about winning on bets, dressing up in fashion, getting drunk.

rgambs · November 2017

Go Beavers said:

Take a field trip to a slaughter house and it will look like patty cake.

Not really, slaughter is a short process that ends definitively.
That's nothing compared to being whipped and run half to death over and over and over.

JC29856 · November 2017

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Neigh.
Spring carnival here in my home town.
It's all about horses, betting, fashion.
I hate this time of the year. Why do humans think it is okay to exploit horses for profit?

dont forget drinking! what the lyric, "haves be havin more, yet still bored"
money power makes people do crazy things. to make matters worse, casinos have adjoined some race tracks resulting in increases purses resulting in more cheating/doping. its a horrible situation and its not limited to horses (greyhounds, even dogsledding!) i know alittle bit about the horse racing business and it isnt pretty. like anything else money has ruined, it has to get really bad before corrective action is taken. if you do a search this topic has been discussed before, might not want to look it up thou, horrible videos.
on a positive note there are some organizations that are making some in-roads, the one Im involved with makes it mandatory for race horse owners to contribute to a fund (per race entry) that helps horses de-stress and enjoy life after racing on the farm.

HughFreakingDillon · November 2017

I think it's stupid. how is racing an animal a sport that gets credited to the guy essentially holding on for dear life? seinfeld had a great bit on this in his "I'm Telling You For The Last Time" dvd. I'm paraphrasing:

"I think if horses knew that if they tripped during the race they'd get their brains blown out, the race would be quite different".
Horse #1: take it easy everyone, don't run too fast, everyone finishes, everyone's happy. you come first, I'll place, everybody's good".

tempo_n_groove · November 2017

I enjoy horse racing and dog racing.

I would think that cock fighting and dog fighting are inhumane.

pjhawks · November 2017

i love Horse Racing and it's Breeders Cup weekend this weekend so the best of the best are at Del Mar Friday and Saturday. Will definitely make some nice bets this weekend. bring it on.

PJ_Soul · November 2017

Neigh. I don't put it in the same category as some of the many other ways we exploit animals - it's much better than most such things - but it's still bad enough for me to personally boycott it as a form of entertainment, though I don't judge those who enjoy it (as I would those who enjoy, say, bullfighting or something), and I don't put it in the same category of anything that involves the exploitation of wild animals either. I have attended horse races in the past, which is why I know I'm a neigh. That doesn't mean I didn't think it was fun at the time. I did. It was really fun, especially since I once won 7 out of 8 races - it was crazy. That doesn't change my final decision on the matter though. FWIW, for full disclosure, I put equestrian in yet another category. I don't feel that is as bad, knowing what I do about the differences in care, physical consequences for the horses, how the industries are run, etc. I don't find the two sports comparable (and I do know enough about both to judge I think).