Helwan euthanized after breakdown at Belmont Park

[riderinthestorm]

18. I've already stated I'm not invested in racing

but I do own and operate a sport horse barn.

From your posts, even that would be too much danger for horses.

Horses die by the thousands every single day. The vast majority aren't involved in any horse sport - they die from colic, bad care, lack of vaccinations, paddock injuries etc. They die in ways entirely unrelated to sports but related to the perils of keeping large livestock in confinement.

Horses at the track die in FAR fewer numbers than those in the wild for example, or those in peoples' backyards or even those in boarding barns. You seem to think the track is some kind of killing ground - it's not.

Is it cruel to race horse this young and immature? Yes. Is it cruel to ever race horses? I'd say no.

And the breeders should face the vast majority of condemnation here.