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Originally Posted by NutFlea
No future races should be run until the racing industry can come up with a plan to prevent the 700 "breakdowns" that occur every year among these poor horses.
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Should we stop driving vehicles until we find a way to prevent the 100's of people acrossed America who die in car accidents per day? 700 horses seems like alot, but it really isn't. More horses then that die each year on ranches acrossed America from sicknesses or breaking a leg doing some form of labor. Not to mention horses that die in rodeos, and so on.
These horses are fed with a silver spoon and pampered more then anyone on this website. You have to remember that this is not dog racing. Even the lower end horses cost thousands of dollars just to purchase. Then you include Stables, transportation, vet bills, horse shoes, grooming, food, trainers, and other things that go into owning a thourough bred, it ends up costing you thousands of dollars a month. And that is the lower end race horse. Why would someone want to abuse and or put their horse in danger, if they have that much invested into them.