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There is proof that musculoskeletal injury–is a major problem for Thoroughbred racehorses. This can be seen im the wastage in the racing industry.
Racing has to beware…
In this credit-crunch era sponsers may decide that they get better value for their money elsewhere.
Giving a young horse exercise is a good thing, racing them is not. give them a chance to grow.
Is it too much to ask that time be given to let their bones mature?
Maturity for the creature before excitement for the few
And we had Peter Beaumont back in the winner’s enclosure as well..
Golden Groom, first run for Peter’s stable.
Send a letter by special delivery to the top man asking for an explanation.. See if you get a reply.
If no reply try writing to BBC’s or other media outlets. Always the slight chance one will run with the story and the last thing a bookie wants is bad publicity.
Linda gathering a new team around her.
Looks like she has a good addition to her new stable with Birkside.
How much did she pay for him?
Horses like this are the real heroes of racing.
Not those who run a couple of times and then are packed off to stud.
Yes, you have a very good point and I am glad to see that at least some of you are taking notice.
Mother Nature, where all life on this planet has come from in one form or another.
But the Thoroughbred racehorse is a man made machine.
A lathe, as long as it has power (food) and is oiled and greased (water and nutrients) then it will perform the job that it was built for.
Do you see any difference from the machine mentioned above and a racehorse?
Both are man made.
Both are there to do man’s bidding.
But the one big difference is that an animal feels pain mentally and physically and needs time to grow to maturity
So…. instead of giving a horse time to mature as mother nature intended, you prefer to manipulate the breeding process to get it ripe for the track quicker.
This seems to be leaning all to one side, and that is not to the side of the horse
Irish Stamp – wrote…
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"Tom – are you a member of Animal Aid and PETA by any chance?
No I am not but what if I was – that does not alter the facts of racing?
The two animal charities I have donated to over the years, without becoming a member, have been the Brooke Foundation and SCPCA. The later I have stopped giving to because I feel that they could be doing more for the race.horse
Rory then talks through a hole in his hat when he says
"You don’t seem to have any genuine interest in horse racing."
I have been interested in horseracing for 45-years. For the welfare of the horse as well as enjoyment and adding to my bank balance. I stopped betting in 1990 because I did not like the way racing was going as far as animal welfare is concerned but still kept tabs on the industry every since.
Drone say…
"After all there is a marked on-paper difference in true age between a January and June foal when racing at 2."
But a hell of a lot going on inside the animal. Flesh and bone that is still growing.
Again Drone comments…
"Didn’t realise the number of early-to-mid season 6,7f races had increased, nor their earlier start. In no position to comment other than it does seem a little strange considering the goal of breeders (for reasons that escape me) is to produce speed at the expense of stamina in the 3 and 4yo."
Just like poultry is being bred to matue faster for the tabe and cows are being bred with such big udders to producwe more milk that their teats are almost rubbing against the ground.
What for the future of the race horse "To be racing 1-yeak after being born?"
Simon writes…Mick Channon had a horse running in the Brian Yeardley today that was having about its 7th start. …
Seven races in about 53 days so early in the season?
Rory writes….Worth pointing out that the Channon horse, Archers Road, won the race at Beverley and looks to absolutely love his work. Anyone who describes his campaign as cruel would have to be blind…
So all winners love their work. I take it he ran without one crack of the whip?
And as far as being ‘blind’. Can you see into the future to tell how this early blitz will affect this animal who first saw the light of day on 15/3/07?
