Horse racing yay or neigh?

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    I had never gone so last year my wife and sister and I went to Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley to see some races.  At first it was kind of fun but we went down to get a closer look at the horses,  I noticed that these beautiful animals did not look very content  (If you love animals, it's pretty easy to ready their moods).  We went back into the grandstands and my sister started pulling up all this information on her iPhone about the realities of horse racing.  I did some research on my own at home later and am now totally against this "sport".    I've heard racing enthusiasts defend horse racing to no end but I won't get into any arguments over it.  I've heard all the defenses and none of them hold any water for me.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    KC138045 said:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-EStdvjd_8
    That is brilliant hahaha
    :rofl:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    eeriepadave said:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0nCnS-UJLs
    hehehe
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    I feel like it ought to be a pretty general rule in a civilized society that any task which requires whipping flesh to complete is a task which is better left undone.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    rgambs said:
    I feel like it ought to be a pretty general rule in a civilized society that any task which requires whipping flesh to complete is a task which is better left undone.
    Well said, Gambs!  I totally agree with maybe one exception:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U5d7X7sE4k

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • rhanishane
    rhanishane NSW Australia Posts: 505
    and then what happened in the Melbourne cup.... cliffsofmoher shatters his shoulder at 600m and is euthanized on the track. footage is deliberately cut from the race. I saw it later, the poor thing was trying to slow down on 3 legs.
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    You know what happens to the horses if you axe the horse racing industry.  Those horses will be put down.
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Love the triple crown.  It's been great to have a couple recent triple crown.  
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,962
    I feel bad. I have gone and watch the big races (usually only 1 a year in tv)..,but I’m torn on this still. 

    And dog races, I’ve gone and I love and yes I’m torn too.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    neigh.  elitist.  cruel.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Meltdown99 said:
    You know what happens to the horses if you axe the horse racing industry.  Those horses will be put down.
    Maybe, but how many future generations of suffering would you prevent?
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    rgambs said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    You know what happens to the horses if you axe the horse racing industry.  Those horses will be put down.
    Maybe, but how many future generations of suffering would you prevent?
    You would prevent future suffering no doubt...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,014
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wv7YhJsN0
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    Totally against.  We went once just because I'd never gone.  While we were at the races, one of the people I was with pulled up some disturbing information on her iPhone about the cruelties to these fine beasts,  Never again!  Will not support this!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,962
    brianlux said:
    Totally against.  We went once just because I'd never gone.  While we were at the races, one of the people I was with pulled up some disturbing information on her iPhone about the cruelties to these fine beasts,  Never again!  Will not support this!
    Wow you hang with some awesome people!!
    hippiemom = goodness
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,022
    Meltdown99 said:
    You know what happens to the horses if you axe the horse racing industry.  Those horses will be put down.
    most likely sold. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    cincybearcat said:
    brianlux said:
    Totally against.  We went once just because I'd never gone.  While we were at the races, one of the people I was with pulled up some disturbing information on her iPhone about the cruelties to these fine beasts,  Never again!  Will not support this!
    Wow you hang with some awesome people!!
    Well, yeah, I like and or/ love them.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    cincybearcat said:
    brianlux said:
    Totally against.  We went once just because I'd never gone.  While we were at the races, one of the people I was with pulled up some disturbing information on her iPhone about the cruelties to these fine beasts,  Never again!  Will not support this!
    Wow you hang with some awesome people!!
    That was a weird response, by the way, Cincy.  :lol:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    You know what happens to the horses if you axe the horse racing industry.  Those horses will be put down.
    most likely sold. 
    I was recently listening to a radio interview and it seems like a lot of horses that are not appropriate or wanted for sport riding end up being auctioned off and killed for meat. I don’t know if ex-racing horses would fit into that category or not. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,022
    oftenreading said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    You know what happens to the horses if you axe the horse racing industry.  Those horses will be put down.
    most likely sold. 
    I was recently listening to a radio interview and it seems like a lot of horses that are not appropriate or wanted for sport riding end up being auctioned off and killed for meat. I don’t know if ex-racing horses would fit into that category or not. 
    I don't know either. But what I do know is that what happens as a one time thing to existing racing horses is not a good argument to keep the practice going. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



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