Banei horse racing

Banei: Even slower than baseball. Read all about it at Tokyo Times (http://www.tokyotimes.org).

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• Japan
• banei
• horse
• racing

[pimpaum1234]

I came to watch this because I read about it in Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa!

[CyberCyberian]

This Ban-ei ( Ban = yoke, ei = trail ) horse racing is the legacy of old style cultivation that they used horse or cattle for plowing. In Hokkaido, Japan, they introduced European horses Breton, Percheron and Belgian rather than using small Japanese horses. These are very powerful kinds and often crossbred for more power.

[eSOhBe]

@pimpaum1234 Hey me too xD

[MySierrra]

i think this is so stupid poor horses

[WolfOfMistyHallows]

they sure beat em up durin the race dont they...

[breyerbabe99]

Why do they hack and yank on their mouths so much before beating them?? Seems like the horse is getting mixed signals.... I'd have flipped out if I was one of the horses... just goes to show you they are gentle giants....

[711ATOM]

When I read some of the comments I find it amazing how little it takes to draw out the racists. Do a little reading on what is happening now (2010-11) to thousands and thousands of horses in Ireland. Which is more cruel, racing draft horses or abandoning them to starve to death in the winter?

[Kaleightar]

I bet they break down less than the two year old tbs Americans throw onto the track.

I'm not saying it's right, but you all look stupid getting all righteous and screaming about the Japanese not respecting animals when we race babies in the US, and what about steeple chasing in Europe? That's pretty ugly too.

Or the recent race in Australia where only two horses finished the jump race, and one of the four that wrecked jumped into a crowd and injured seven.

[bigbud1223]

that was sad :(

[gigg252525]

Gather up all the animals in Japan. Put them on a safe island. then drop an atom bomb on everyone left. Fuck Japan.