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I know some good people who have a horse that is in the Derby this year and they treat their horses better than people. Those horses are pampered in everyway you can pamper a horse and than some! After their horses are finished with racing, they still have a wonderful life and spend the rest of their days in the warm sun, green fields, and lots of TLC.
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Absolutely. These animals are the pampered superstars of the animal world. I'm not sure how people think horse racing is cruel to the animals because horses will run, race or no race and as long as they're not mistreated it's what they were designed to do. No one mistreats a Ferrari and it's the same thing with a race horse. Particularly now that they test for doping. Now the poor jockeys on the other hand.... they need help. I'd be more impressed if Pam was boycotting because of the way jockeys are mistreated.
If you have an animal worth several million dollars or even just thousands you're not going to do those things listed by MonkeyMix. It doesn't happen, it's a lie perpetuated by animal rights groups. Can you tell me how many jockeys die yearly as a result of racing? Didn't think you could. There are deaths, catastrophic injuries totaling around 10 per year with an additional 50 to 100 having to retire due to disablements earned while riding. It's a barbaric thing and I'd like to see horse racing banned because of what it does to the men and women who ride.
I've been around races and the horse world. I live right in the middle of Virginia horse country and pass farms that turn out Kentucky Derby entrants yearly. In fact my eldest daughter worked for a world class stable for many years before she married and those horses are not mistreated in any way. I find it amusing that many here that think it's a okay for a human to be euthanized are offended when a horse with a broken leg is put down.