05-07-2008, 04:42 PM
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I COULD WRITE A BOOK!
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: New Orleans, LA
Posts: 1,493
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Freedomoflight
As much as I love watching horse racing when done RIGHT, I think that racing, steeplechasing, even jumping competitions need to be banned. In the very least, an extreme overhaul. Anyone watch the jumping comp last year, where the idiot riding had her horse stumble, refused to pull up, jumped over the last 2 5 ft fences and then got off, and by that time had totally screwed the horse up beyond repair, she had forced it to jump with a fracture and the leg shattered and the horse was put down. Stuff like that makes me sick.
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Because winning was more important than the horse.
At least, if you watch the Eight Belles tragedy, you can tell the jockey was trying to stop her from doing damage as soon as he felt her run funny. . .it was just too late. But, since the race was over, maybe that's a bad comparison.
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