RE: Kentucky Derby picks?
May 3, 2012 at 6:53 pm
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2012 at 6:54 pm by Napoléon.)
(May 3, 2012 at 6:25 pm)jackman Wrote: it's a legit gripe tho, 38% (the site claims) is ridiculously high casualty rate. won't stop me from watchin or betting, but i'd have to think how many of our big stakes races lose horses. i remember 2 being put down on the track in the past about 10yrs. there is a local stable here that will buy them and rehab them to live out a full life. i think that's cool.
We had the grand national over here a few weeks ago and 2 of the horses were put down (they are listed on that site). A year before that 2 more were destroyed.
I just don't understand why things have been done for animal rights in things like circuses, animal bating, fox hunting etc, but for some reason horse racing is seemingly overlooked. Horse deaths are not a small problem, it's a regular occurrence.
IMO I don't enjoy sports where the competitors have no choice in actually participating.
