[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by MTVN

No, great sport

Race horses lead much better lives than most horses

That's not quite true though is it MTVN ? many horses are treated cruelly to make them jump when being trained,even electric prods were used not sure if they are still allowed but behind the scenes is not as pretty as some like to think,there are numerous stories about this, I really don't think anything about it is 'great' except maybe the amount of money that passes hands.So many are injured because they are far too young to be worked so hard, but the bigger issue is the thousands that are slaughtered each year because they were not fast enough, didn't jump high enough, just didn't make the grade.