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I eat animals and use their fur, wool and skin to clothe myself, so I can't point fingers.

Also, I remember what Secretariat's owner always pointed out - that this was a horse who WANTED to run. He was good at it, he knew it, and that's what he liked to do.

The problem is interacting closely with other species when we cannot always know what they want, and how they feel. Homo Sapiens has domesticated animals for millenia, and most of these breeds would not survive in the wild now.

How can we treat them with respect, and stimulate them mentally with the activities they are good at and want to do? It's not enough to give them food and shelter.

As an animal biologist, I've always wondered about this.

[/quote]You can let a horse run without flying them all over the planet when they don't understand what's happening.   These horses are subjected to stressful conditions routinely.[/quote]

Do you have issues with other types of show horses (dressage)?  Or just race horses?[/quote]

NP. I have problems with show jumping. They are removing it from the Olympic pentathlon. Most horses like humans would rather walk around a 5 foot high obstacle if possible rather than jump over it, particularly with an adult human on their back.[/quote]

NP.  Some horses like to jump and will happily jump obstacles in their paddock for fun.  Some people like to jump and will jump obstacles and choose hurdles rather than flat.

Jumpers are horses who like to jump.  Otherwise they just wouldn't do it.[/quote]

Some horses like to jump. Studies show that most don't. Not too many humans jump past childhood, except for athletes like basketball players, gymnasts and high jumpers. Those people that do jump are a good supply of new work for orthopedic surgeons.
https://www.horseillustrated.com/horse-news-2013-07-11-do-horses-enjoy-jumping[/quote]

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