They should race without a jockey. No bits, no whipping, just purty horses running as fast as they can.
I wonder if that would be MORE dangerous though....would the horses run into each other? I doubt it. On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not it's perfectly fine, except for that whipping the shit out of them > part, > so they'll run faster while they have an extremely uncomfortable bit in > their mouth. > > Nah...that doesn't sound cruel at all. > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > those people love their horses... > > they would NEVER purposefully injure, hurt or kill if they didnt have > to. > > > > tw > > > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Yes and no. I think what happened last Sunday is the result of > > generations of breeding large chests and very thin legs, in order to > create > > a faster animal. Perhaps its time for the horse breeding industry to > rethink > > its current direction. > > > > > > > > > >That's the question. Is horse-racing cruel? > > > > > > > >People say "horses love to run". Sure, put horses in a pasture, and > > they'll > > > >run around. Trot, canter, gallop, whatever. > > > > > > > >How many horses die of injuries sustained while "running" in the > > pasture for > > > >fun? > > > > > > > >How many die from injuries sustained in racing? > > > > > > > >I didn't watch the Kentucky Derby. I have no interest in horse > racing > > > >beyond the fact that I have all of the Black Stallion books (read > them > > when > > > >I was young). > > > > > > > >I'm kinda glad I didn't because I guess they euthanized one of the > > horses > > > >right on the track. > > > > > > > >-- > > > >Rick Root > > > >New Brian Vander Ark Album, songs in the music player and cool > behind > > the > > > >scenes video at www.myspace.com/brianvanderark > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259834 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
