(HORSE RACING) NEW YORK — The most disgusting thing about horse racing is that it has become more about greed than the horses. When the winning purses become more than twice the value of the race horse, trainers will do whatever it takes to make sure their horse can race. That includes doping them up, ignoring injuries, and making them run themselves into the ground. Read this NY Times article about how a race track in New York has allowed more than twice the national average of horses to be euthanized on the track because a trainer ignored their welfare. — Global Animal
Read the full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/us/casino-cash-fuels-use-of-injured-horses-at-racetracks.html
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This really disgusts me. I went to the Humane Society’s website and they are working on this issue. I had a horse when I was young and they LOVE to run all out. It’s all about the money pushing them beyond what they can do.