@psychojoker131 they dont whip them directly, they hit the pad and shafts to make noise to spook them forward, and abuse? these horses get better treatment than god. dont comment on something you know nothing about
@DemonChinChilla355 the one thing you have to admit with pacers is how the pacing does hurt their hips and spinal cord as you are training a horse to rotate their hips unnaturally. (same as jumping horses ruins their knees, dressage ruins there eye sight and spinal cord etc)
@swiftnshift- Pacing is a natural gait for pacing-bred horses. And, if you think of the mechanics and physics, the side-to-side motion actually is lot less jarring of a gait than is trotting. Its actually much harder to properly balance a trotter for racing speeds. It's also typically harder to keep most trotters sound than it is to do so for a pacer. Training a trotter well is a true art form.
@swiftnshift Ok, you've got a point with jumping being hard on knees/cruciate. I don't know about the pacing being unnatural ( I've seen SB foals doing it at days old in pasture) but how does dressage ruin eyesight? That's a new one to me.
@BouvBabe Most people in dressage (you think they know what they are doing but don't) do rollkur, which is when they make the horse over flex so their eyes are facing the ground so for them to see the have to look up basically rolling back in their head causing to much strain on the eye which soon causes wires to stretch and disconnect
@swiftnshift What "most" are you talking about? No one I've known has done it, and I've been an avid, active Dressage rider for three or four years now. Some do, but not most. I've always been highly against anything other than classical dressge training.
@psychojoker131- actually no they don't really. 90% or more of the time the whip is striking the bike shaft or the saddlecloth and not the horse itself. There are strict rules in place on where, how much, and how hard a driver can strike a horse with a whip. A horses returns to the paddock after a race with welts from the whip and the driver of that horse is going to be fined and suspended.
Dumb shits.... Yeah whip and abuse the horses....
psychojoker131 1 year ago
@psychojoker131 they dont whip them directly, they hit the pad and shafts to make noise to spook them forward, and abuse? these horses get better treatment than god. dont comment on something you know nothing about
DemonChinChilla355 1 year ago
@DemonChinChilla355 the one thing you have to admit with pacers is how the pacing does hurt their hips and spinal cord as you are training a horse to rotate their hips unnaturally. (same as jumping horses ruins their knees, dressage ruins there eye sight and spinal cord etc)
swiftnshift 11 months ago
@swiftnshift- Pacing is a natural gait for pacing-bred horses. And, if you think of the mechanics and physics, the side-to-side motion actually is lot less jarring of a gait than is trotting. Its actually much harder to properly balance a trotter for racing speeds. It's also typically harder to keep most trotters sound than it is to do so for a pacer. Training a trotter well is a true art form.
reconteske 11 months ago
@reconteske I see more pacers with hip problems then any other horse. I'm not saying it's cruel, every event involving horses has it's set backs.
swiftnshift 11 months ago
@swiftnshift Ok, you've got a point with jumping being hard on knees/cruciate. I don't know about the pacing being unnatural ( I've seen SB foals doing it at days old in pasture) but how does dressage ruin eyesight? That's a new one to me.
BouvBabe 10 months ago
@BouvBabe Most people in dressage (you think they know what they are doing but don't) do rollkur, which is when they make the horse over flex so their eyes are facing the ground so for them to see the have to look up basically rolling back in their head causing to much strain on the eye which soon causes wires to stretch and disconnect
swiftnshift 10 months ago
@swiftnshift What "most" are you talking about? No one I've known has done it, and I've been an avid, active Dressage rider for three or four years now. Some do, but not most. I've always been highly against anything other than classical dressge training.
ABonner93 6 months ago
@psychojoker131- actually no they don't really. 90% or more of the time the whip is striking the bike shaft or the saddlecloth and not the horse itself. There are strict rules in place on where, how much, and how hard a driver can strike a horse with a whip. A horses returns to the paddock after a race with welts from the whip and the driver of that horse is going to be fined and suspended.
reconteske 11 months ago
He was throwing in lame steps when he nearly fell and he was certainly lame crossing the wire
TheDamienZone 1 year ago
That is racing. He almost fell, still won and the caller reacts. GREAT!
JR08620 1 year ago
whats that brown trail following rickys sulky??
willywilo88 1 year ago
Oh please Afleet Alex and Alysheba stumbled worse than that and came back to win.
BettorOffSingle 1 year ago
Great job by the driver and horse!
That could have been a disaster for the other horses and drivers if he went down.
funshipM174 1 year ago
It probably took another quarter mile for the driver to exhale
boomjustlikethat 3 years ago 2
Jim Jacques refrained from laughing too much
suprsonickath 3 years ago
Tells a bit about the other horses, not so good.. Great announcer!
KirsiB 3 years ago 2