Comments on: The LA Times likes horses, don’t they?

By: Jorja

Jorja — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:27:59 +0000

I think it’s terrible what they do to the horses. When Rick Arthur says the “bones are ready” he clearly has no idea of the idiocy of the statement. A horse doesn’t even develop knee caps until he is about 5 years old. A horse is not ready to be ridden until approximately 3.5 years of age.
These horses are merely cash cows, the people who own and train them don’t care about their well being, the attitude is a simple “oh well, we have another 15 brood mares in foal, we’ll have another one next year”
It makes me sick.

By: Horse Racing Software

Horse Racing Software — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:21:45 +0000

Horse Racing Software…

Fancied Horses . The first 3 or 4 horses in the betting probably account for around 80% of winners….

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:31:44 +0000

Nick Zito’s comment about debilitating the breed is interesting. I rode show horses for years and most of them were off the track. Many of them had very long careers after racing. One of the most famous ex-racers won a Grand Prix at 21, which is about the equivalent of a 60 year old winning the Boston Marathon. I do wonder about the breeding practices.

I worry, too, about the thousands of horses that come off the track every year and have to be retrained or retired, usually after being injured. I wonder why there is so little attention paid to these animals.

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