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Originally Posted by Freedomoflight
There are some parts of racing that I really like, hence why I diligently follow the Triple Crown each year.I saw one pre-race about a year ago, the jockey was so excited that he and the horse won, he was giving the horse great big hugs and pets, and before he hopped off to have his picture taken in the winners circle, he called for a bucket of water and started bathing the horse himself to cool him down. You never see stuff like that.
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I actually would love to watch racing if the horses were older and more care was taken with them. Horses are meant to run. Watch wild mustangs. . .that's what they do. They run. Sometimes they sit and eat and graze, but every day, they just run across open fields together.
I rescued a small quarter horse when I was younger, and I was the only rider who was experienced enough to run her (who was also light enough to ride her) and you could tell the difference in her excitement when I was getting on her as opposed to when my brother or mom would. Sometimes, if it was a nice, crisp day, I had to make SURE she didn't just bolt the moment I got on her!! (I almost lost a leg once on the And she'd never try that with my brother or mom. She just loved to run so much once it was a FUN thing and she wasn't being beaten to run around barrels.