void exactly, im searching for unbiased sources right now, but there's either people who love it and make it their entire personality, then those who hate it with their every fiber.
Yeah I agree with Buckeye- I have seen quite a bit more in my 8 years in horses- been doing it since I was 18. There is no sport where abuse does not happen- zero. Again- I stand by what I said- what matters is calling out people on it when you see it.
A website like that one is run by activists who refuse to see any different- they are a biased source. I prefer primarily unbiased sources or sources from horse racing people themselves.
Well star, until you see all the show horses cast off as objects that I have seen in my 45+ years as a equine professional, and same for family horses that go lame or get sick and sent to auctionÂ…. Then you can have that discussion with me.
Horses can die in any equestrian sport, a horse can die in a stall, a horse can die in a pasture, yes some people in racing are abusive but that's a small amount and you only hear about those. Horses aren't dying every race. There's always a chance of a fatality, even in human sports.
I've looked at more than a few TB rescues. Largely because, at the time, step-dad did jumping and was looking for a potential horse. Nearly every one of the horses had soundness issues. My own OTQH had soundness issues, along with numerous scars from steroid injections where she'd been doped