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Old 15-04-2012, 07:46   #329
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Re: Horse Racing

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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
There are a whole host of dangers in sport and dangerous sports. From the well known risks in sports like Rugby, Formula 1 Racing, Boxing, Football, Skiing and more dangerous pursuits like rock climbing and hang gliding and Horse Racing is in that lists of dangerous sports and so should those sports be banned as well because of the dangers involved.
Comparisons like those don't wash Den ,sports men and women assess the risk and make a conscious decision to take it or not ,a horse has no such choice ,i am certain that the horses would much sooner be running around a field chewing grass than being forced to gallop a 2 mile course with a rider on it's back and virtually insurmountable obstacles in the way ....if it had a choice

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Originally Posted by denphone View Post

Thoroughbred horses are born to race and they absolutely love racing and when l have visited some stables in the past these horses cannot wait to get to the races and run in their next race.
They told you that did they