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49. Frothing simpletons?

Reply to Awsi Dooger (Reply #32)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 04:21 PM

Jun 2020

Are you calling your fellow duers names? My goodness.

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The day at Saratoga Race track where I felt the electricity run right through my body. [View all] shockey80 Jun 2020 OP

Horse racing is inhumane BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #1

OH Please! shockey80 Jun 2020 #3

It is inhumane. MrsCoffee Jun 2020 #6

I guess we have to cancel all sports and sit home and do nothing. shockey80 Jun 2020 #8

Womp womp. MrsCoffee Jun 2020 #9

Um, soccer is in humane? Baseball? Tennis? Swimming? Skiing? Bowling? Tipperary Jun 2020 #16

No, just all sports that use animals, like horse racing, polo, dog racing, etc. obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #27

Your consistent usage of Reductio ad absurdum illustrates little rational thought. LanternWaste Jun 2020 #58

Wow, humans have a choice. Do more reading. Nt USALiberal Jun 2020 #18

Blah blah blah BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #25

Humans get to choose their sports. Animals do not. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #31

The Final Race... oioioi Jun 2020 #35

Absolutely horrific. Ban it. Crunchy Frog Jun 2020 #70

Ban it!!! PTWB Jun 2020 #73

I agree, and I really wish they'd outlaw the whips. Goodheart Jun 2020 #11

I thought I did hear they are limiting whips to six slaps per race a kennedy Jun 2020 #30

Yes it is. Tipperary Jun 2020 #15

What a beautiful horse! nt Phoenix61 Jun 2020 #2

Horse racing is cruel and barbaric. n/t Coventina Jun 2020 #4

That's a little harsh, and simply not true. shockey80 Jun 2020 #13

I am well informed on the subject. My family followed horse racing for years. Coventina Jun 2020 #17

You might want to read up on horse racing and all the unfortunate deaths of horses. Tipperary Jun 2020 #19

Post removed Post removed Jun 2020 #23

Lol, so a broken leg is ok because they kill them nicely? Nt USALiberal Jun 2020 #20

And why the fuck was their leg broken??? obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #28

Then there's factory farming... which is the last circle of hell. n/t demmiblue Jun 2020 #47

+1 demmiblue Jun 2020 #45

I honestly never understood... brooklynite Jun 2020 #5

Why? shockey80 Jun 2020 #7

How is that different than sitting in your backyard and watching a simulcast? brooklynite Jun 2020 #10

It's the atmosphere. You're partying with your friends, having a good time. shockey80 Jun 2020 #14

Sounds like people tailgating at a football game when they don't have tickets... brooklynite Jun 2020 #22

Really, that is something you are shocked about? Nt USALiberal Jun 2020 #21

Nor do I. I've set up tables in the backyard at both Belmont and Saratoga over the years.... George II Jun 2020 #82

Loved Rachel Alexandra, but Zenyatta was better. Goodheart Jun 2020 #12

I'm still sick that Zenyatta didn't pull out that last race Awsi Dooger Jun 2020 #34

It was a bad ride. At one point he took her inside and wasted that motion and energy. Goodheart Jun 2020 #36

I would like remind everyone that football players, baseball players, shockey80 Jun 2020 #24

The attempts at whataboutism are ultra lame. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #26

No shit. Tipperary Jun 2020 #42

IT IS THEIR DAMNED CHOICE obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #29

LOL, ok! n USALiberal Jun 2020 #37

The OP should have realized he was feeding a bunch of frothing simpletons Awsi Dooger Jun 2020 #32

.... BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #33

LOL, ok! nt USALiberal Jun 2020 #38

Why do you support abusing animals for your personal amusement? PTWB Jun 2020 #40

Frothing simpletons? Tipperary Jun 2020 #49

Raw numbers of death. Coventina Jun 2020 #52

Gross. MrsCoffee Jun 2020 #84

Horse racing is barbaric. It is cruelty to animals for your pleasure. PTWB Jun 2020 #39

Perhaps the op will take your advice. Tipperary Jun 2020 #48

I live about 30 minutes from the flat track Raftergirl Jun 2020 #41

I live near Saratoga. Tom Traubert Jun 2020 #51

Anthropomorphism. The horse wasn't running for love or glory. She was running for her life. Doremus Jun 2020 #43

This. Tipperary Jun 2020 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author essme Jun 2020 #60

Rachel Alexandra did not end up in a glue factory Green Line Jun 2020 #53

Neither ended up in a "glue factory." I saw Secretariat at his retirement farm essme Jun 2020 #56

Secretariat is buried in a grave that is a Mecca to horse racing fans. Blue_true Jun 2020 #77

Your description TuxedoKat Jun 2020 #46

Here's me near the front entrance to Saratoga, August 2010 Awsi Dooger Jun 2020 #50

I can't wait until abusing animals for sport gets banned everywhere. PTWB Jun 2020 #64

"Horse racing is inhumane" essme Jun 2020 #54

I am. Coventina Jun 2020 #57

Me too- 2006 essme Jun 2020 #61

In that case, I'm sure you are aware of the many horrors of horse racing. Coventina Jun 2020 #62

Of course I am. That said, I think people whining over horses and slaughterhouses essme Jun 2020 #63

Well, I'm not going to wait for every last person to become vegetarian Coventina Jun 2020 #65

I agree. And I'll call them out on factory farming too essme Jun 2020 #66

It is disgusting, and beyond evil. Coventina Jun 2020 #67

"People whining over horses." Tipperary Jun 2020 #74

You are right; that was a crappy way to phrase that essme Jun 2020 #76

I grew up with horses. As a sensitive kid, they were solace to me. Tipperary Jun 2020 #78

True- and I apologize for my attitude essme Jun 2020 #79

I hear you. Tipperary Jun 2020 #80

This thread is fantastic. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #55

You are seriously comparing a horse race to women's rights? cwydro Jun 2020 #59

Now he started another post basically complaining about a having a post removed. demmiblue Jun 2020 #68

Yup obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #72

Ha, been in and out all day so I missed that one. Tipperary Jun 2020 #75

And managed to get himself FFR'd. Crunchy Frog Jun 2020 #83

They tore down the horse racing track nearest me ..Thank goodness! nt Raine Jun 2020 #69

+1 demmiblue Jun 2020 #71

I was there that day, too - behind the rows of seats near the eighth pole. I'd already bet... George II Jun 2020 #81