Eight horses killed at Cheltenham

[k69atie]

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1215643,00.html

Do you agree with horse racing?

What happened above doesn't happen that often. I see nothing wrong with Horse racing, have been to the races and it was a really good day out, the horses aren't ill treated.

They are only put down when they injured, which is what would happen if you owned a horse of your own and it got injured.

Discuss

 

[DJ Harris]

damn, i think horse racing is okay, i can't say its inhumane but they need to make it safer for both horses/jockeys :thumb:

 

[k69atie]

you never really hear of the jockeys getting hurt(although they must do), you only hear of horses being put down

 

[DJ Harris]

lol are u suggesting we put jockeys down aswell :lol:

 

[k69atie]

lol no, i just meant when you see horses fall they always tell you if they had to be put down, but they never tell you what is wrong with the jockey

 

[Taliq]

Don't have any big complaints against horse racing but things like the above are kinda bad. Plus it aint fun being beaten repeatedly with a strap, unless you like that sorta thing

 

[ItsmeyaC]

they just put em down cuz they usually break their legs and they will never run fast again or properly so they kill them, ive always hated that, yeah if they cant do anything for them, blow there brains out by all means if it just means a limp, fuckin treat them and let someone have a pet

 

[k69atie]

if you have a horse as a pet and it breaks it's leg they still put it down

 

[ItsmeyaC]

yeah hear it doesnt recover or never fully recovers, noones actually ever explained it to me, so k69atie, why?

 

[k69atie]

a horse with a broken leg cannot walk, causes it too much pain, it is kinder in the long run to put it down.

 

[Jibster]

Half my bets from this week you can send to the glue factory for all i care. I picked some real duds this week.

"Roses are red, violets are blue,
horses that lose are turned into glue."

 

[k69atie]

lol!!! i never won at the races when i went either, i chose the donkeys!!! :laugh:

 

[DPG iz all I C]

I managed to redeem myself today thankfully had a nice little win.

 

[Butt Rubber]

did anybody else chuckle when they read that?