[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Jamie89

Yeah this is what I was going to say, it's much easier to ignore the potential harm to the animals when it's not the aim of the sport, to be honest I didn't realise that injuries/deaths were that common in horse racing, although I've always thought it seemed cruel. I wouldn't say it's 'equal' to something like fox hunting though in terms of cruelty.

I understand that but both can result in the death of an animal which is needless.

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

I understand that but both can result in the death of an animal which is needless.

Oh I agree with that. I do think that at some point in the future we'll look back on horse racing in a 'I can't believe people used to that' sort of way.