Comments on: Horse Racing Needs To Change http://thaiphoonblog.com/2008/05/06/horse-racing-needs-to-change/ News, Muse and Reviews Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:18:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Thai http://thaiphoonblog.com/2008/05/06/horse-racing-needs-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Thai Fri, 30 May 2008 20:41:30 +0000 http://thaiphoonblog.com/2008/05/06/horse-racing-needs-to-change/#comment-145 Yeah, yeah - working on it !! :) Working on my sites that make some money and with my grandmother passing its been a bit much lately. Don't worry I have some stuff to post soon Yeah, yeah – working on it !! :)

Working on my sites that make some money and with my grandmother passing its been a bit much lately. Don’t worry I have some stuff to post soon

]]> By: Lord Nazh http://thaiphoonblog.com/2008/05/06/horse-racing-needs-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Lord Nazh Fri, 30 May 2008 19:40:22 +0000 http://thaiphoonblog.com/2008/05/06/horse-racing-needs-to-change/#comment-144 update....update... hello? :) update….update…

hello? :)

]]> By: AskDave http://thaiphoonblog.com/2008/05/06/horse-racing-needs-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-135 AskDave Fri, 09 May 2008 06:03:25 +0000 http://thaiphoonblog.com/2008/05/06/horse-racing-needs-to-change/#comment-135 The words that came out of my lovely wife's mouth when she read the story... I'm still blushing. Is horse racing even a viable sport anymore? Wasn't it just a few years ago that the papers were filled with stories about the decline of the sport? Haven't tracks built facilities to house slot machines to off-set the declining profits from the actual races? I guess my real question is, do we really need to be putting these beautiful creatures in danger just to fuel our competitiveness and gambling addictions? I don't know if I'm ready to call for a ban on the sport, but I am certainly incensed that an animal should suffer such a gruesome injury and subsequent loss of life for nothing more than a few minutes of running in a circle to entertain us. Isn't that what Nascar drivers are for? At least there the competitors understand the potential consequences and voluntarily assume the risk. The words that came out of my lovely wife’s mouth when she read the story… I’m still blushing.

Is horse racing even a viable sport anymore? Wasn’t it just a few years ago that the papers were filled with stories about the decline of the sport? Haven’t tracks built facilities to house slot machines to off-set the declining profits from the actual races? I guess my real question is, do we really need to be putting these beautiful creatures in danger just to fuel our competitiveness and gambling addictions?

I don’t know if I’m ready to call for a ban on the sport, but I am certainly incensed that an animal should suffer such a gruesome injury and subsequent loss of life for nothing more than a few minutes of running in a circle to entertain us. Isn’t that what Nascar drivers are for? At least there the competitors understand the potential consequences and voluntarily assume the risk.

]]> By: Thai http://thaiphoonblog.com/2008/05/06/horse-racing-needs-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Thai Wed, 07 May 2008 23:35:54 +0000 http://thaiphoonblog.com/2008/05/06/horse-racing-needs-to-change/#comment-134 True - the ability to rehab is improved, but I think they can do a bit better to protect the horses in general given that the insurance money for the horses doesn't pay for rehab (only for catastrophic loss - i.e- euthanized). It could be an over-reaction on my part but it appears to me that the breeders and owners have a financial incentive to not rehab difficult cases (Eight Belles notwithstanding given you can't rehab two broken legs). We may not be able to do anything about the way they breed them but I'm glad someone else agrees we could take a look at upping the age requirement for the races. True – the ability to rehab is improved, but I think they can do a bit better to protect the horses in general given that the insurance money for the horses doesn’t pay for rehab (only for catastrophic loss – i.e- euthanized). It could be an over-reaction on my part but it appears to me that the breeders and owners have a financial incentive to not rehab difficult cases (Eight Belles notwithstanding given you can’t rehab two broken legs).

We may not be able to do anything about the way they breed them but I’m glad someone else agrees we could take a look at upping the age requirement for the races.

]]> By: Lord Nazh http://thaiphoonblog.com/2008/05/06/horse-racing-needs-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Lord Nazh Wed, 07 May 2008 16:03:55 +0000 http://thaiphoonblog.com/2008/05/06/horse-racing-needs-to-change/#comment-133 Just how many tragedies in how many years have we got here? yes the breeding for speed makes them more susceptible to injury (just like specialization in human sports created injuries whole cloth that never occurred before)yet the 'rate' of injury is not on the rise and the risk to the horses seems to be as small or smaller. The ability to rehab and fix damaged horses is much improved, but could be improved more. Any injury per se is senseless, but these are not any worse than a human breaking a leg in a fall or a hole or whatever; injuries happen. The breeders need to stop racing the horses so young maybe, but you'll never get them to breed for other than speed when they are bred to win a race. Just how many tragedies in how many years have we got here?

yes the breeding for speed makes them more susceptible to injury (just like specialization in human sports created injuries whole cloth that never occurred before)yet the ‘rate’ of injury is not on the rise and the risk to the horses seems to be as small or smaller.

The ability to rehab and fix damaged horses is much improved, but could be improved more.

Any injury per se is senseless, but these are not any worse than a human breaking a leg in a fall or a hole or whatever; injuries happen. The breeders need to stop racing the horses so young maybe, but you’ll never get them to breed for other than speed when they are bred to win a race.

]]>