This checks out. That population sounds about right based on DCUM opinion. No one lives there. |
Why do these same lame comments keep popping up? |
“What are you blathering on about?” |
It seemed like half the jockeys were French. |
Unless the horse breaks a leg |
Not to mention the animal abuse to go along with it. It's disgusting. Most recently, a friend's DC interned with one of the KY racing farms as part of an internship. She confirmed that they euthanize young, healthy horses who underperform in racing. She opted for a different career path (out of the equine industry) as a result. If you support racing, you support this. (And this is not even the darkest underbelly of racing). |
Or underperforms. |
Purina should make a Kentucky derby limited edition |
Mostly they sell them at auction. OTTB (off the track thoroughbreds) are sporthorses across the country. But euthanasia would be more responsible, rather than pawning off last year's racehorses onto everyone else. |
nah i just do as i want when i want and btw i made a ton of cash on a show bet on the #21 |
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Foreign people are dumb. I was on the phone with my UK people and said baseball uses a baseball, basketball uses a basketball, tennis uses a tennis ball. So why do Europeans call it Football when you use a Soccer Ball.
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| Hong Kong Jockey Club is biggest race track and most bets placed of any race track in the world |
I seriously doubt this. I have owned and trained many horses and no one is euthanizing underperforming horses. There is always a market for young athletic lightly raced thoroughbreds as eventing horses, show horses or even just trail plodders. There is also a huge network of horse people working to connect retired racehorses with new owners. Most horses have relatively short racing careers— but still go on to be happy, hardworking (the thoroughbred has an amazing work ethic) talented amateur mounts. |
Or if s/he’s not a winner - then it’s off to the glue factory, or to the dog food factory. Not such a wonderful life. |