This Unsporting Life

Among the best kept secrets in British sport is the scandalously high number of racing-age Thoroughbred horses who die every year. They die as a result of injury, heart attack or some other performance-related condition - or they are killed simply because they no longer make the commercial grade. This film explores the different reasons why these horses die.
(Sorry for the poor encoding on YouTube, we are trying to sort it out.)

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Animal Aid
• Horses
• Horse Racing
• animal rights
• animal welfare
• cruelty
• grand national
• BHA
• Thoroughbred
• yt:crop=16:9

[KingDessie]

The narrator is either a liar or an idiot.

[lovesmehorse]

What other sport has 11 deaths in 1 month of racing; 2 of those being heart attacks on the track! The race horse industry is the biggest contributor to horse slaughter, because they are bred faster than a winner is found. At 3 they are still babies, who although give their utmost during the race, are pushed harder & faster; ultimately paying with their life. Many injuries can be fixed but owners don't want to waste money on a horse that may never race again, because its cheaper to buy another!!

[quicksilver3x3]

I cannot stand to see horses in distress...they're my initial reason for going veg a long time ago. The racing industry commodifies them while people in it pretend to love them, yet they themselves don't ever want to be "loved" like that.