Soundoff

Yes.
There is no need for whipping a horse. Hand rideing a horse will alleviate some of the abuse.

YO THE WISH NYC

I think the horses are being pushed too hard.It's not natural for any animal to be pushed to it's limit. EDDIE QUEENS

Horses are a lovely animal sad that they abuse them as they do,then when they get hurt cause they can't make any money from them instead of getting them medical help (surgery) they put them down how sad is that .

There is no way to tell if a horse is going to break down, but fillies should not race against colts because colts are much stronger--Remember RUFFIAN.
Frank, Long Island

The horse finished the race and died. It was obviously pushed way past it's natural ability. I think this very sad.

Animals don't owe us anything! They were given the gift of life the same as we were, so stop treating them like machines.

Jane
NJ

Ive owned, worked around, and been with horses for more then half of my life. Ive been in competitions and i have never had the need to whip a horse beyond his/hers ability. Thats like you being at work and taking a break and your boss coming in and slapping you across your back with none the less a really painful whip. Theres no reason for it. Money is not that important to abuse horses. They are a gift to us. They are for fun. Not for trying to win billions of dollars by abusing them. Anyone who feels different should get whip and worked as hard as they do. I dont care how well taken care of they are off the track. Being on that track and running them laps is enough pain.

Ashley Wilson
New York

thats the thing. they run to their ability. people in the track run the their ability they dont have a coach behind them whipping them do they?

Eight Belles had already injured one foot during the race, i can see it in a photo. Loads of TBS go to slaughter for human consumption every year. that is the dark of racing, no one wants to know about that. research find out where Ferdinand went at the end of his life, he won the derby. Many TBS are bleeders because of inbreeding, no one cares so it goes on.

of course there going to inbreed. as long as they have the best horse that they could care less about it doesnt matter. because they are winning money. and after that horse dies on their behalf they have another with almost identical genes to replace it. they know how the game works. and its sick. this sport should have been banned many years ago. I understand barrel racing, team penning, jumping to an extent. but this track racing stuff was taken tooooo far