Preakness horse euthanized
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Sport starting to appear quite barbaric.
Might as well bring back jousting
Might as well bring back jousting
Probably a unpopular opinion, but I think by now society should have moved past using animals for sport.
Am I not understanding the article? This was an undercard race but also says the horse was scheduled to run in the Preakness
"It leaves just seven horses in the race, including another Baffert entry, National Treasure."
"It leaves just seven horses in the race, including another Baffert entry, National Treasure."
I think they’re were seven racing before today. I think they’re misspoken on the horse racing double dooty
The jockey was scheduled to ride First Mission, which is scratched. That's some bad journalism.
Anyways, the sport needs to rein this in
Jesus, this article is full of mistakes
One of the horses scheduled to run in today’s Preakness States, the Bob Baffert-trained Havnameltdown,
One of the horses scheduled to run in today’s Preakness States, the Bob Baffert-trained Havnameltdown,
If a horse breaks its leg, it cannot recover. Euthanasia is the most-humane thing that can be done.
Keep in mind, horse racing or not, horses will continue to exist and they'll break their legs and thus will continue be euthanized.
Ok?
Would fewer horses break their legs and be euthanized in the absence of racing? Yes or no.
But what would all of the millionaires do with all of their excess money?
Think of the tax write offs, man!
It's amazing with all of today's technology there hasn't been a breakthrough of a way to treat broken legs in horses.
Depends on whether recreational horse riding is outlawed, too.
My daughter had been around horses growing up via therapeutic riding programs (which I cannot say enough good about). (I now own a four legged lawn ornament). Wanted to be a vet. Went to undergrad with a solid animal science/prevetvtrack and got an internship in Lexington ky. That summer was her first experience with the industrial aspects of horse breeding, where the horses were not an extension of the family and instead were just a chattel. That was the end of the vet school track.
So, if betting on the ponies is outlawed, will people still ride them recreationally? If so, they'll continue to have injuries and deaths.
The REAL result of outlawing horse racing will mean fewer horses because you remove a major motivation to breed horses.
Do you think anyone is breeding greyhounds anymore?
They're bred to have brittle legs? That doesn't seem like a sound business strategy....
So is everything all or nothing with you?
Hundreds of horses break down and are euthanized every year, and tens of thousands of unwanted racehorses are exported for slaughter. So yeah, I’d say doing away with horse racing would result in fewer horses dying unnecessarily, even if recreational or working horses still die (like every living thing).
You think you're making such a profound point, don't you?
It’s so stupid it’s not even a good troll.
This is how Trad was 90% of the time on our old site.
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