Horse racing and cruelty

It's dreadful. May I suggest HM has a word about this to the right people?

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I live where there are hundreds of horses and they are beautiful animals.
I would love to see the whipping of the racing horses banned but that won`t happen as money talks.
It`s in their genes to run so i think they do enjoy it,but they can`t talk so who knows.

Sorry, but to be honest, the OP is not really about whether horses enjoy running and racing- is it?

It is about what happens to horses that can't or won't race, due to age or injury, or not being 'good enough' to earn their keep - and how they are cruelly transported vast distances to slaughter- and slaughtered in a way which goes against our own laws- as humanely as possible, and never in sight of each other.

Could I respectfully ask that we stick to the above. Thanks.

I'm afraid racing, whether it be horses or dogs, is a business and the outfall is excessive breeding and the destruction of the 'excess' is part of the scene. To be honest, animals are slaughtered in their millions to suit our ways, what about the cows, sheep and chickens who all have nasty short lives followed by unpleasant slaughter.

Back to horses, whips are now heavily prohibited in their usage in racing. The kind of horses used in racing are thoroughbred, they have been bred to race for generations and are highly strung and to race is natural for them. Horses are flight animals, running is what evolution has created them for. Whether they like running with a ham-fisted human on top is a good question. I think it's sad that animals are so abused by humans, all mammals share our nervous system and emotional range, they feel pain, fear and social bonds. Just like us.

I live where there are hundreds of horses and they are beautiful animals.
I would love to see the whipping of the racing horses banned but that won`t happen as money talks.
It`s in their genes to run so i think they do enjoy it,but they can`t talk so who knows.

I hate all horse sports and always have from a small child I m not a horsey person never been around them or been particularly interested in then but have always felt horses racing is cruel and that goes for dog racing too
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I am not a 'horsey' person, but care about their welfare. I have always wondered whether they ever like being ridden at all, it must be very uncomfortable. Do they show that they enjoy it?

I hate it. Why do they have to have a whip at all. Very outdated I would think.

Absolutely dreadful. I have always thought racing a cruel sport, all that whipping is appalling - not necessary. I have had horses all my life and to read this is shocking.