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Worked at Gulfstream for 6 years... Listened to trainers and owners run their mouths at the poker tables.... Horrifying is all I can say as far as the stuff they do to those animals...
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Apparently Anheuser-Busch did some pretty unspeakable things to the Budweiser horse too. Poor guy
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I’m not a PETA guy, & congrats to the young man for this accomplishment, but I’m good off horse racing. The way they r treated, doped up, put down, etc…ppl r so in an outrage of dog fighting, yet these same folks glorify horse racing when the vast majority of these horses are mistreated immensely.
Anyways, not going to derail, but I’ve always found that interesting & hypocritical.
Anyways, not going to derail, but I’ve always found that interesting & hypocritical.
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I’m very concerned about the ethical treatment of all creatures
…as we gather to celebrate and discuss other humans hitting each other for our entertainment …
…as we gather to celebrate and discuss other humans hitting each other for our entertainment …
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I didn’t opine on the choices of any creatures, merely my concern for all creatures.
It’s a celebration thread about a Miami alum’s horse winning the Derby.
Are you here to mope?
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Your deflection was woefully pathetic.
I'm not the one who equated human athletes to horses and dogs, that was you.
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Mope. You seem rustled again. Enjoy the Derby win! Or visit a shelter and hug some dogs, or pet a horse or a pony.
Your day will be much brighter than reading too much into things.
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When I worked for Hallandale rec, centuries ago, they had a softball league/games at our park during the racing season at Gulfstream. I umpired. I was amazed at how tough, physically and mentally the jockeys were. They played as hard as they could, even though these were meaningless games. And I was impressed with how strong they were, and they were very athletic. The trainers were all pretty cool as well. When the Breeders Cup was there, Broward sheriffs used our building as a staging point. There were packed with weaponry.
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Imagine investing $300k in a horse…and it dies.
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If you could invest 300k in a horse 300k means nothing to you
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We would be talking about some prime quality meat
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Yeah ... but the horse should mean something to you. I've ridden maybe 30 different horses in the past 4 years, owned one, rode the others at a friends ranch and a country stable. Wonderful animals. Hate to see them abused.
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I love watching the horses run but hate how we get to that point with all the deaths, which certainly makes me wonder why this is a sport besides history and betting.
But what I don’t know and I hope someone on here can explain is, why are there so many injuries and deaths in horse racing? Are the horses too young for the stress? Is racing just inherently dangerous? Is that what the trainers give the horses to make them train harder and run faster that is causing the problems?
Put simply, is there a way to have safer horse racing?
But what I don’t know and I hope someone on here can explain is, why are there so many injuries and deaths in horse racing? Are the horses too young for the stress? Is racing just inherently dangerous? Is that what the trainers give the horses to make them train harder and run faster that is causing the problems?
Put simply, is there a way to have safer horse racing?
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