a message to the horse racing industry

a video plea to improve race horse welfare.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• horseracing
• CANTER
• horses
• race horse rescue

[zimmerwig]

The sport would be cool if they treated the horses better...

[wendyu1]

Most treat their horses great! There's only a few bad apples and Larry Jones isn't one of them. He adores his horses. Unless you know for certain you shouldn't make remarks like that.

My issues are with the non existent "ruling body" of the sport to regulate the rules across the country.

[zimmerwig]

no I didn't mean the riders I meant the whole thing. Like that they have the horses being trained as yearlings.

[wendyu1]

I wasn't saying the riders either. I'm talking about the trainers. Most horses do not begin training until they have had x-rays done to their legs to see if their bones are ready.

There's much done to protect the horses and the majority of the horsemen take good care of their animals. I will not dispute that there are bad ones out there. I want those guys/gals to be dealt with properly. Thus the need for a ruling body.

[DonDeimos]

Obvioulsly you're not involved with the horse rescue industry which tries to pick the horses out of the trash once they are discarded. The issue is not a "few bad apples" it's a structural one.

[wendyu1]

As a matter of fact, I am involved with the horse rescue industry - specifically with rescuing race horses. I'm on the board of CANTER. It's the few bad apples who take advantage of the current structure and ultimately if allowed to continue the way they do, they will ruin the sport.

So yes, there is a structural problem as well but being involved in racing and having many friends in the business as well, I will stick to my "few bad apples" in the sport as a whole.

[crockjock]

Most of the workers and trainers involved in thoroughbred horse racing are more protective of the animals they are in contact with everyday and do more for the good of the horses than the misinformed people on the outside.

[5iveup]

very true! I'm glad u put this on :D I am buying a former racer :)

[Horseluver803]

There is a good way to race and a bad one, Colley2k7 you may work with and awsome trainer BUT there still are very cruel trainers out there, my friend worked for a Therobreed racer as a jockey and groom, when one of the horses wasnt feeing good one day when she went out to train him, she saw his feet were swelled, she told her trainer, but he made her exersise him anyway, a while later, the horse colapsed and my friend was in the hospital with a broken collar bone, the horse, died,&she was fired

[MyHorseeSarcorpa]

Only thing i hate about it, is no one thinks about what happens to the horses after they have been hurt are to slow, or are retired. most of the horses where i live go to the doggers, thats where i found my ex racer Sarcorpa and alot of my other ex racers and riding ponies.

[21Sarabi]

IMO Today the seem to be breeding for speed, not stamina or endurance.

I know they have banned certain steroids and some are careful on what races they choose for the horses. You have some that care about the welfare of the horse and then some that try to make money.

[Ispillmyheart4u]

omg the anouncement of the race u have at the end was a race my (ex) race horse ran in. i have the video of it. i thought it sounded familor. thankfully i gave my baby a second chance. <3

[colley2k7]

im sorry but u dont know a fucking thing! i work in racing and horses are treated like royalty! if my trainer had a choice between me falling off and braking my neck than the horse braking its leg believe me u would not want to be me in that situation! make a video when u actually know what happens in racing u complete fucking nob!

[anitac4]

Thanks for the work you're doing.

[maoverman2002]

You are right crockjock! When we are able to say All workers and trainers do right by their horses, while they're racing and when they're ready for retirement, CANTER won't be needed any more. That will be a fantastic day!

[Beatlegirl4eva]

I`ve seen a lot of horse hooves in great and horrible shape. Also, most hoof problems can be fixed with care, except for laminitis of course, which can be cured but it`s hard.

Her hooves really don`t look all that bad except for her fetlock area which is bent wrong but not catastrophically.

I was only wondering why Belle D`elite was euthanized, I never said it was wrongfully so, it could have been internal.

I don`t do phones, I have trouble with them and try to use them as little as possible.