Eight Belles

[avwjase]

OMG! OMG! Football players die during practices every year! Let's ban football!

Seriously, it's unfortunate when a horse has to be put down but it happens all of the time in non-racing venues as well. I happen to live in Fayette county and own an old horse farm although I don't use it as such. Just a lot of 4-wheeling and paintball war land to me. But up and down my road there are plenty of horse farms and one is the world famous Calumet Farm. Pretty big horse breeding country out here. I had a friend have to put his horse down because it broke it's leg galloping around. Should we just bind their legs together and not allow them to move as well?

I love horse racing and I love horses. Horse racing is not a violent sport and the animals are not mistreated. In fact, these horses have some of the best lives and living conditions imaginable. It's absurd how much these people pamper their horses. So, before you cry your eyes out and go all crazy about how horse racing is animal abuse... think of the other 40,000 horses being treated like kings right now due to the horse racing business. It's unfortunate that one had to be put down but I guess it beats having a bunch of malnourished horses no one wants that go to a "pound" (like dogs) and get put down by the hundreds, eh? One horse dies, a hundred other horses live long, full, pampered lives.

[MorseMoose]

I picked her to finish first. She probably finished the race on adrenaline, eh?

[Skipaway]

Originally Posted by EMSoccerCoach

Quite possibly to most blatant stretch at manufactured bias I've ever seen. Well done.

Why is it a stretch? A lot of Asians don't eat beef, and some Asians do eat dog meat. Not like their opinion matters.

I personally wouldn't mind seeing a couple of dog meat restaurants around just for the exotic flavor.

[Cooleyvol]

Originally Posted by MorseMoose

I picked her to finish first. She probably finished the race on adrenaline, eh?

Vet said it happened post race.

[MorseMoose]

Originally Posted by Cooleyvol

Vet said it happened post race.

ah. that's pretty crazy because of how quickly it happened after the finish line.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Skipaway

People can't eat dogs because rich white people hate that. However, people can eat cows, regardless of how some brown people consider that a bad thing.

Racist nonsense. You should be ashamed of yourself.

[silvam14]

Originally Posted by Skipaway

People can't eat dogs because rich white people hate that. However, people can eat cows, regardless of how some brown people consider that a bad thing.

The only sense I can make out of this is "How now brown cow"

[Skipaway]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

Racist nonsense. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Why? I am someone who consider it's OK for people to eat whatever they like, not someone who banned eating dog simply because their own culture hates it.

[Bill II]

Originally Posted by kq76

Kind of like pitbull fighting, but for rich white people.

Saying horse racing is like dog fighting would in human terms be like saying auto racing is like gladiatorial combat.

In horse racing & auto racing there is a risk of injury or death. In dog fighting & gladiatorial combat, Injury & death are the desired outcomes.

[Skipaway]

Originally Posted by Bill II

Saying horse racing is like dog fighting would in human terms be like saying auto racing is like gladiatorial combat.

In horse racing & auto racing there is a risk of injury or death. In dog fighting & gladiatorial combat, Injury & death are the desired outcomes.

Horse racing is like underground auto racing, where you don't have much of a safety rule in place to minimize casualty.

[avwjase]

Originally Posted by Skipaway

Why? I am someone who consider it's OK for people to eat whatever they like, not someone who banned eating dog simply because their own culture hates it.

So, let me get this straight. You're against horse racing because a horse might get injured and have to be put down. But if I wanted to take that horse smash his head in with a sledge hammer (like they do Cattle) and make burgers out of him that's fine?

[Skipaway]

Originally Posted by avwjase

So, let me get this straight. You're against horse racing because a horse might get injured and have to be put down. But if I wanted to take that horse smash his head in with a sledge hammer (like they do Cattle) and make burgers out of him that's fine?

I am not against horse racing, I am not against dog fighting, and I am not against eating dogs. Eating horses would be fine too.

Some animal-related activities are allowed, and some are not. I am simply pointing out that it's all based on culture, and the dominant culture in the US is the rich white people one. I don't really see anything wrong with that, but I hate it when people try to deny that.