Equestriancrazy same

Equestriancrazy I know everyone was screaming Girl put them heels down

Equestriancrazy OMG samme

Equestriancrazy Me too I said "Put those damned heels down!!!"

omg same

That's Frankie dettori, it's his signature move!

Hardly. Many of the classes they offer are free or extremely cheap in comparison to other short-term apprenticeship courses.

Mein kampf actually my mate went there,she isn't rich at all. She lives in an old fashioned farm house not a mansion

katiewebster That sounds wonderful.

Mein kampf actually I'm planning on going there and you should see where I live in a small house and money is a problem of you need it🏇🏇🐴🏇🐎🏇🏇🏇🏇🏇🏇🏇🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

I don't read replies meanwhile, on the other side of the pond, some of the best jockeys in the Americas grow up dirt poor, barely finishing high school, some dont even finish elementary school.

Oml, i didnt see that, thats hilarious xDDD

Yeah it's cute

Yep😂

maddie grf iii

Lol that was so funny 😆

skewbaldspotty123 Don't call me idiot and I'd rather not listen to what you have to say if your gonna be rude

AnimalCrazy123 you're right. 10,000+ horses slaughtered every year and sent over to Europe to be eaten and turned into dog food. Many are thoroughbreds:(

You would think that, but if you visit auction houses your heart will be torn to pieces after you see young TB after TB be sold to slaughter. TB arent worth anything unless they're making money. Sorry to say. I've a few friends that visit auctions and buy horses that aren't wounded or sick, and a majority of the horses they outbid the meat man for are thoroughbreds. :( It's sad seeing people defend this disgusting industry year after year. Yes, many horses are treated well. Those that are not winners, a majority, are thrown away when no longer useful.

Wow. You should do some research yourself, your ignorance is very saddening. In 10 years, 70% of the thoroughbred foals born were later sent to slaughter. Please don't let yourself be brainwashed.

Have no idea about the UK system! If they treat their horses better than they do here, I am very happy. But here in the U.S, over-breeding is an issue with most breeds, especially TB's. I just wish the world knew about it, there is so many people who deny the fact that thousands of them are wasted because of the greedy and irresponsible racing industry. It warms my heart that SOME (there is still plenty, perhaps over a thousand a year who don't) thoroughbreds that are quick to be pulled from slaughter in the U.K. Unfortunately it's not the case for United States. In fact, before they're killed, they're on a two week journey of torture in an over crowded cattle trailers before they meet their fate. Thanks to the brain deads in PETA, they are trucked over to Mexico/ Canada where the deed is done inhumanely. I wish nothing more than for horses to not be bred for anything other than a family to enjoy and take care of them for their WHOLE life. Not to be worked until useless. There is no denying that the racing industry is responsible for tens of thousands of horse deaths. I do not care where it's happening, the fact that there's already an over population issue is enough for me to say that ANYWHERE that let's this go on is unthoughtful and ignorant.

My new book on horse racing: "Black Deuce." www.amazon.com/dp/B0721YVFXL/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1497655465&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=black+deuce+by+stan+d.+jensen

New Bolt only sport that the competitors get followed by an ambulance

Part of the system of horse abuse.

Lol

same

Yeah, especially knowing that 500 race horses are dying each year... And also that a a big majority of race horses, once they became "too old" to race (something like 14), they are just given to the slaughterhouse.... Do some research before saying anything about horse racing

+Francoisdid911 sadly thats very true but buying a retired race horse can save its life many people do it

Just like dog racing of the greyhounds they just put them down when they get to old or stop winning but people can adopt them as well to save their lives.

WanonaS sadly not enough people can save them

Same....its weird

Plus I ride an ottb so it's not like he's much different than these horses

same.. that's really weird.

Good for you bathing your horse all by yourself. Those students are probably also enrolled in the Yard Management or Flex Learning courses which focus more on animal and facility care/management than apprentice and professional jockeying. Basic and routine animal care includes bathing and its sometimes more efficient to give multiple people the experience they need on a single horse.

Ik, I'm just saying that at my barn we're encouraged to be independent and care for our horses by ourselves and we don't normally get help to bathe, groom, tack, etc.

Wild Heart no it’s because they were tightening something it wasn’t the bit

Ryleigh Hayes no, it wasnt

Look online or on Craigslist to see if there are any jobs where they want you to clean stalls, feed and groom their horses for them. Eventually they might let you start exercising their horses. For sure look in your area for riding lessons to help you feel more comfortable around horses!! Good luck :)

+Mikayla D thank you! I've already been riding for 9 yrs I get one lesson a week and 2 free rides by myself with the horses that need exercising I don't have my own horse as I can't afford one unfortunately but I'm planning on taking equine studies as an option in college :)

You could do eventing although there is dressage in there

How do you think pro show jumpees get money

Oh well you can go live your little fairytale. If you don't do your research than don't comment your petty hopes and dreams that your mom and dad told you when you were 12 to make you feel better.

Jeanette Va

Or maybe you don't.

wolfgirl Actually, upon tons of research, horses quite enjoy people riding them. It's their way of exercise and fun. It's only cruel if people are racing them, or forcing them to reach the climax of their abilities. Not to mention the idiotic inhumane punishments that some people give them (I hate that. Those people need to go to hell). So it's actually healthy for the horses if they are ridden at a pace they don't mind. (Plus they were bred for being ridden, therefore it's perfectly normal). And if you still aren't convinced, think of it this way: These animals are over 2000 pounds and one strike from their hoof could kill the strongest of men/women. Their jaws are strong enough to bite fingers off and lift you into the air by your hair. If they TRULY had a problem with people riding them, they would make sure no human could ever ride them again. So you really shouldn't be calling the pleasure riding part of the sport cruel, you should be seeking out the slaughterhouses, cruel races, and overworked/abusive parts of this community to have that opinion about. Because at the end of the day, THEY are the cruel ones. So if you love horses, don't be against riding them! Trust me, there's a horse out there who would LOVE to have you as a partner! :) (Didn't realize how much I typed out, srry!)

Wow ok.. My horse pixie actually likes being ridden! +Wolfgirl

really!!!!!!!

No!!!!! He's really quite famous in the racing world!

There's a horse-racing PC game I used to play with called Frankie Dettori's Melbourne Cup Challenge, that is where I heard his name.

Same..

Well his full name is lefranco I think also when he's riding its written as L dettori so I'm not suprised when people don't know him

Ronda sinyard Why?

It's literally not

U can't be tall

CR7 980 many horses get killed a year for racing please tran for something else

It's all about the money, clearly. If someone can pay the fees, the school will take them, even if the person has no possible future in horse racing.

Well it's a school and you go to school to learn soooo.......you might as well learn.

They dont look for experienced riders as much because riding a thoroughbred who is a racehorse is so much different to any other riding styles or breeds. They look more for how dedicated you are towards that career path and how much you love and care for horses. Also not everyone is able to have their own horse or even get to be around horses regularly enough to gain a lot of riding experience even though they still love horses and want to base their life around them

^ Very true!

Laiba Rhett not really no, just horse racing obsessed people who want to get into the industry

You might have a horse but you will be broke after having one

I got a grade 4.5 tear in my spleen and was in hospital for 3 weeks and pony raced the next year

Bonnie and Junior Why?

Fair point but those horses are treated like royalty most of the time

+K C123 yea definitely beside the fact they are started 3 years too young . Are constantly used in drugs if they really run . Some horses lungs explode and some hearts . Some drugs Num pain so they can still run . They whip the horses with enough force to make visible impact . I have many OTTB's and all of them were thrown to the side and. Forgotten literally ..they weren't fed ,worked , or bathed . I hate all racing and the way they use the bit too control not trust or body signals or partner . I Have a jockey in my family and he shocked all of the horses he rode to make them go faster . The way some of people treat the horses is despicable. They should've never stepped near one

+Ty the Equestrian may I ask is that in America or Europe ? fair point I know there is a lot of horses treated terrible by the owners and but I've seen good trainers who treat the horses well plus if it wasn't for racing alot of the horses we love and care for would not of even been born

+Ty the Equestrian not all of us are like that, please don't slam jockeys into one category. The people you're mentioning are a minority, not a majority. In the uk, you can get your jockey license suspended for excessive whipping, drugs are a rarity, and horses lungs and hearts can 'explode' during recreational riding too!

ya im totally on your side they can also drug them too

Scarlet. 5561 Unfortunately as true as that is, thoroughbreds are domestic animals and rely on us to look after them. It's also really sad that there isn't enough equestrians to take on retired racehorses. Hundreds retire each year in the UK and it's a hassle to find time and money to retrain them. At the raceyard I do work experience on weekends and I have fallen in love with this mare and I am planning on buying her when she retires and retraining her to be my general riding horse. She's not a good racer, comes last in almost every race and I heard her owner say that she's losing him money and he doesn't want her back on his farm when she retires. I know the raceyard that I go to treats the horses really well with good facilities but I'm also not ignorant to this racing world either.

You clearly don’t ride horses nor been on a thoroughbred. They love to run and yes they should have pasture time but not 24/7 Do your research

1) These horses aren't "pushed too far" 2) They are not defined by their speed. 3) Actually jockeys DO have relationships with horses. The horses know them and perk their ears when they see them. 4) Racehorses aren't sent to slaughter. That's illegal per racing rules and anyone doing it loses their license forever

A champion racehorse would absolutely not be sold to a butcher. That's like sending a Ferrari to the scrapyard. They would probably end up retiring to some farm and used for breeding if not sold for insane amounts of money to someone who just wants to own a former race champion because of the prestige.

@Rebster Oh, sorry about that. I accidentally replied to the wrong comment. I was liking your comment and opened up a reply on it but I forgot to clear your name tag from it (I'm lazy and didn't want to scroll up to OP lol). My bad☹️ But yeah, I did read your comment and I completely agree with what you said😊

Kristine Arne Why?

Ok so they are groomed twice a day every day rode out 5 days of the week fresh bed every night praised on national telivision yah definitely unfortunate. Just go away

Actually a horse started at 2 is less prone to injury then a horse started at 3 is through multiple examinations by the racing examination vets and all recorded injuries at track. Also the term gallop isn't used by exercise riders who actually spend time with racehorses, same for jockeys. A full gallop, or better known as a breeze, is maybe put into place once or twice a month for 3 minutes. The rest is trot and 'canter' sets as you non excersize riders say. Really the canter set is called a gallop, it's a quicker canter but slower then the full gallop. Honestly it's like my track warm up, I run an 800m, walk 200m, run 800m and it continues. If I take a break after I run the mile. Training isn't abusive and should never be. If that horse didn't want to be ridden damn right it'll show you it doesn't want to be ridden which goes for every horse in every discipline. These jockeys and riders know very well that when it comes to racing, it's the most life-threatening sport for humans. Running doesn't hurt a horse, but if you lose a stirrup going 40mph on a hot blooded thoroughbred and fall off boom you're paralyzed and can never walk again. These horses are never overworked I push my horse to do their best like my trainer pushes me. If you feel like that horse is being lazy I get out my crop and use it as my way of saying "stop being lazy" honestly I hate getting up at 7am to go to the barn and I bet the horse hates it to but there is 0% abuse cases in the majority of horse racing barns. Yes there are racehorse abusers but there are also abusers in dressage, western disciplines, and showjumping.

They are not fooling me. Horse racing is flat out abuse and should be banned.

You have a lot to learn about horses and a whole lot to unlearn.

The clouds restrict us from seeing the sun.

Am if you were a horse training would you spend money and waste a stable on a useless horse

actually with jockeying, height isn't a restriction. as long as you weigh as little as needed it's fine. For example, I'm 5'8 but I weigh 104lbs, so I'm well within the female jockey weight restriction.

+Leonie Green I know I didn't say anything about height restriction. All I said was I usually see really short people at races.

+Angie that's why I said height doesn't matter. It's just easier to be within the weight limits when you're shorter, that's why the majority of jockeys are smaller

+Leonie Green but did I say anything about height-...oh gosh damnit why do I even bother explaining 😂

+Angie lol

Hii

SimplyEquestrian2003 _ im an actual equestrian, i love horse racing and im getting into the industry

thats awful hope you love abusing these poor animals

Why?

Amanda Thom yep

Not this equestrian

Celine Nyffeler ik

Me too in 1988.

Im hopefully going to one of them when im 16, hopefully the newmarket one though

You could be a jockey then retire to dressage?

Yep

@@showbizpizzafan66 like the actual animal?

They usually put new riders on more experienced ex-racehorses, a little tamer than a 3 year old but they can still put you in a ditch.

Ashleigh Devaney Why?

Tineke, I understand your concern, but these horses don't run at "dangerous speeds". That is shown per the public injury database. Injuries are very closely monitored in racing and the jockey club makes every possible effort to bring down the rate. These horses are treated like royalty. When a horse does get injured EVERY effort is made to save the horse. Barbaro for example, broke down and his owners spent MILLIONS trying to save him before ultimately making the decision to euthanize for laminitis (which had nothing to do with racing or the injury, it was something completely different). The Jockey Club does not permit horses to be slaughtered, in fact racehorses are microchipped to prevent going to slaughter.

OMG GET A GRIP

Megan Proffitt Actually the horses do run at highly dangerous speeds. Horses are not supposed to gallop for that long, let alone at those speeds. 500 race horses die each year, and injuries can rank up to over 1,000 per year. The jockeys can also treat the animals like crap. Yes, some jockeys treat their horses amazingly, but the jockeys have to use wips, which can tear away at the nerves or tissue in the skin, and some other horrible items to make the horses go faster. There are also jockeys who will beat their horses if they don't win. Some of the baby horses they use are barely finished developing by the time they start racing. Sadly the racing world is not as great as it seems on the outside. Even The Jockey Club has its horrible parts to it.

Seleuce wow that escalated quickly Jesus!

Eh, the racing industry is still quite make dominated.

+Kelly Mcheart They said that's the starting pay

+Kelly Mcheart I don't think that is correct though as that would pay about £21k a year lol....it is probably more like £12k a year...if that ....yard work is always low paid x

+Hazel B I think if depends on who's horses you ride and how much you win in races as well but yeah £30k sounds a bit much for a starting pay ahah

+EquiiJemma they said $30,000.

You're only there 9 weeks and it costs like £400

l u c i a You’re joking right? That whole “racehorses get sent to slaughter” propaganda is absolute bullshit. 7% of the horse in kill pens are thoroughbreds. The rest are QHs, drafts, ponies, etc... most TBs get rehomed to be restarted for jumping, dressage, cross country, barrel racing, trails, etc.. and the ones that don’t are used for breeding. I own a 5 year old OTTB, he won absolutely nothing even though he had 4 starts. He was rehomed at 3 to a reputable trainer who restarted him, taught him the basics, and then I got him. You know absolutely jackshit about thoroughbreds.

Lily WindRiver ???

No height limit

It's all in the Weight, not in the height. But chances are if you're tall you're going to naturally have more bone and mass, and it'll be harder to keep the weight down as you get older. Some jockeys have been known to be almost 6ft tall

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Maddy Poiry Alrighty!

Megan Proffitt lol was pretty direct about it xd

Yea lol

Thank you for your voice of reason.

Ok then but I really dont vare so fuck off

ErinOcelotl :3 its because Bays and Chestnuts are the most common colour in thoroughbreds. There are grey and black racers around to but just not as common.

Marit Adamse there’s good and bad in every discipline, and bits aren’t abusive if used correctly.

skewbaldspotty123 your comment made me laugh

america is worse than other places. and this is coming from an American.

How?

Shut up, it’s a sport. How is it abuse?

@@jamesburks8954 Well,because horses are pushed to their limits,abused and punished for not being good enough. Whole racing industry is a big hell hole for horses. They kill thousand of them every year,not even counting the ones sent to slaughter. Yes,that's abuse and i'm sick of people saying "it's just a sport". It is not,it's a nightmare for the animals.

Not all of it is a abusive.

no you don't its so awful and abusive

1) Thoroughbreds that are sent to slaughter are sent second hand, anyone selling horses to slaughter directly from the track face a permanent ban and ALL racehorses are microchipped to prevent that from happening plus less than 10% of horses on the slaughter trucks are thoroughbreds 2) Horses are pushed, but they aren't pushed beyond their limits. If they don't want to run, they won't 3) If the horses were abused then they'd be scared of humans making them unsafe to handle. Racehorses love people, I've worked with them, they're giant cuddle bugs.

Hanna Mossberg just because it didn’t happen to all horses doesn’t make a difference to the horses who did go through slaughter

Maybe it doesn't, but again. TBs sent to slaughter are sent second hand.

Hanna Mossberg u really just don’t get it. It’s worse than most rodeos. It happens to most of the horses and it is a extremely cruel sport actually do u see how hard they constantly whip there horses during the race!? And did u know most horses in races are sold to meat trucks so just stop bitch

Hi Hi [] Just bc u call me bitch it doesn't make ur arguments better And u just used the same argument twice Do u have *any* excperience with horse racing? Otherwise u can't know 4 sure And *what* ecxactly makes the sport worse than any other animal abuse? Also, it completly depends on the country