Yes

What about the jockeys? We just not going to mention them?

@@garrisonnichols7372 The jockeys can choose not to ride. The horses have no choice. Hundreds of horses die on the tracks, and in the barns, of the racing industry every year. How many jockeys die?

I hate that sport, I am soo happy that it doesnt happen in my country , they say that everyday at least 3 horses die in US race tracks alone...thats too much, I hate to watch how horses suffer

of course, it's a business like any other pro sport.

Exactly- those poor horses pay the price for human greed :( so many innocent lives cut drastically short.

I 100% agree with what you are saying but I guess it is fitting for the way they are treating them.

Talking about New York specifically, that's exactly how horses are seen. The carriage and police horses there are kept in multi-level concrete parking garages, with no windows or grass. Definitely not limited to one place, but it's one of the places I'd pray not to end up if I were a horse.

@@prochey69 wow that’s absolutely horrific. I didn’t know that. How sad that they treat animals that they don’t even need like that. :c

Well breaking down is the scientific term for it. Humans use that term too for themselves. Personally I’m not bothered

+MsVanorak horses are meant to carry the weight of a person.

+MsVanorak Look at the evolution of the horse over the last 65 million years. Specifically the last 10 million. And yes, there is a tribe that uses reindeer as their mode of transportation (riding and driving) as it's too cold to maintain a herd of horses.

MsVanorak it is Phenylbutazone which is a high powered pain medication given to Horses and other livestock for pain management

I only had one horse that got bute. It was a tiny pony who was foundered so bad she couldnt walk. We had her hooves trimmmed down over the winter and she could hobble around. but then the grass came up and she got worse and I knew she was hurting. So we called Virginia tech vet school to donate her...they came out aand gave her a shot of bute. I could see the pain leave her eyes...but you cant keep a pony on bute for long. VT people took her and made her a pet for over a week, then she was euthanizeed to study founder. But bute doesnt do anything but mask pain, not fix it. If a horse is hurting and has bute, it wont think its hurt anymore. So this is what is hurting these young horses. I hate horse racing! Oh, that little pony was left in a field with cows in 2 ft of snow...by people who raised thorobreds! she told me they were just hanging on to her to send her to slaughter in the spring! F**K I didnt talk to those people ever again. RIP Pinecone, you were loved and Im so sorry you were hurting for so long.

@@MsVanorak Actually, it is very much possible that horses have evolved to carry/pull more weight around as humans domesticated them, especially when we started doing artificial selection by selectively breeding them. Humans would breed horses with stronger muscles together to produce stronger offspring capable of carrying/pulling more mass for longer periodes of time while weaker horses would not be given the chance to pass on their weaker genes to the next generation. As a result, populations of domestic horses developed stronger backs and legs over the last ten thousand years or so that man has walked the Earth. It is the very same process as natural selection, but it's humans who determine which horses get to breed by selecting them instead of predators doing so by eating those who aren't fit (in both senses of the word) enough to survive. While it may not be natural selection, artificial selection remains as much of an evolutive process as its natural counterpart. But the problem with horse racing comes when people with only money on their minds force immature horses to run at unreasonable speeds at an age where their bones have not fully developped yet, and so, are much more susceptible to fracturing.

Sussie Due I know this is an old comment, but things still haven't changed. They won't, because there's too much money to lose from applying those changes. They'll just keep acting surprised, but I think they know.

Money talks,unfortunately.

Running them too early is a problem but putting shoes on them when they're babies is what stops all their growth & the concussion factor with shoes is 2500 % they come out of the womb with no shoes on so when you're purchasing an animal the first thing you need to look at is their feet.... I worked 27 years of sales for Gainesway Farm and out of 27 years I've seen two guys pick up their feet and look at them Plus IN the Standardbred industry you don't see any white feet, white legs, or white eyes...evidently they know how to breed a horse that don't have to put up with the problems that comes with those things!!!

seriously! My thoughts exaxtly

Yes all about money, no love, no care, money and money, 😡

Sometimes you don't know the full story though A lot of the times those horses are treated like kings after a race Yes I can see where u r coming from on some thing but the reason some of those horses don't make it is because of the footing and the break something of strain something, so they have to be put down It's sad but these horses are athletes and they get hurt to and sometimes they get better but sometimes it gets worse which is sad but it's part of life

What point are you trying to make

@@marinestatus2061 I'm trying to say that horses get hurt and when they break something they have to be put down because horses constantly need to move and there is the occasional case where the horse doesn't need to be put down

Bratsuki... Good point!

They're too dumb to understand such a thing.

They can’t stop moving at that speed until they’ve already made it quite a few more leagues, you try stopping instantly while going almost 40mph

@@kayceadair i think they mean the race is void, no winner no loser, no money

@@rangerlovee3324 There’s no point. If they fall so what? The horses aren’t going to stop and there’s no point in not finishing the race. It’s a risk a jockey is willing to take. The horses enjoy it- nobody likes it when your hurt but you’ve gotta deal with it.

a trainer won't race a horse before the growth plates are done developing. it doesn't make any sense for a horsemen to run a horse that's not ready. you can't make any money like that.

Joe Camp ii

Joe Camp i

Evan Anouna what do you mean “you can’t make money like that”? This industry revolves around money. Many trainers make millions by racing these horses who can still be considered “babies”. So yes, trainers do it. And yes, trainers make money from it. There isn’t one horse who is completely developed by the age of two. Not one.

I wouldent ride a horse at 2 or 3 thats rediculous

I'm mostly every contury but America does that but I don't believe there's a fine they just take away your license

They are. Pay attention!

Should be Banned and a Federal crime. PRISON for CRUELTY. FINED MORE THAN any potential Profits.

No matter the price of the fine, the trainers who are guilty of doping their horses to get in bigger races are 110% likely to drug their horses again. Actual incarceration and license termination must be mandatory for violation.... of you think about it, the racing industry would have been buried 6 ft in the ground long ago just like the American circus because pretty much every hall of fame trainer is guilty of drugging their horses to get to the top. Baffert, Asmussen, all of them,

Agreed! Horse racing could be so good if drugs were banned and the owners/trainers would be punished if they used them.

+Samantha Laing I worked at the track for 22 years as a stable emplyee and the majority of race horses are under five which is the age at which they are grown. In a perfect world racing would be done with a sound breed and only allow grown, sound race fit (actually able to run on its own) horses to participate, but this is far from a perfect world.

Samantha Laing ~ this is Hugh issue & one of the main reasons for bone breakage

I used to like & go to the tracks but I noticed the cruelty it represented of money over the welfare of the horse. I stopped. I will not pay to watch young horses to young to race & drugged up. Our Racing Association is not doing its job. The track managers are just collecting pay checks & looking the other way....there is a break in the chain of command when it comes to the business of Horse Racing & these beautiful creatures suffer for upper management negligence

[Kim Smith] You have no idea what you are talking about and use your love of horses without any idea as to the problems and solutions for those problems to cloud your reasoning.

@@kenney9120 every horse should start traing at 3 and RIDEN at 4 so their bones are done developing not at 2.

Joan Meijer ~ I agree. This needs to be addressed by the racing federation...Tougher regulations . Normal people see this as inhumane...

Joan Meijer That's when I stopped watching, too. She broke my heart.

THEY'D BETTER LOOSE THAT SPORT! ITS ABUSE, NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO. BAN WHIPS? THEY'LL FIND A WAY AROUND IT! BAN DRUGS? THEY'LL FIND A WAY AROUND IT! ITS BAD ALTOGETER!

She was a sad product of bad breeding. I’m pretty sure her father had soft bones and problems, so they bred a horse with bad bones to get babies with bad bones. And so in that race her soft bones couldn’t keep up with her heart, and she ran herself into the ground. We shouldn’t be allowed to race horses with problems like that, problems that could lead to more horses getting hurt.

most horses actually loose more money than they make

Zenyatta is still alive though

Thats what I mean she didnt start racing till she was 6 and she is still happy and healthy after a long race career, racing these horses at 2 and 3 just breaks them down so hard

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yes late 3 and 4 is a lot more mature then early 2 year old year isn't it? I would bet that if they raised the age limit to a horse cannot touch a track until its 3 and big races like kentucky would be at age of 4 i would almost garentee that racing accidents and injuries would probably be cut in half, Ideally it should be at 4 or 5 that they finally start to race but lets just do baby steps.... I wasn't saying that Z wasn't raced till 5 or 6 I was saying that when she was that age she was still kicking ass and had a long healthy career being started late, they're not any slower at 5 then they are at 3, let them mature and run in their primes at 5 and 6 and see less injuries, The only reason this doesn't happen is because it takes too long for owners to get the money they invested back, such a shame

almika360 My grandfather raises thoroughbreds, and he says that some of the horses that are "2" were born late in the season, and are in fact still 1 when they start racing. Too young.

Sherry Walker I agree, this whole thing just makes me want to die. 😔💔

And then sold to meet market so cruel

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Exactly. Anyone who defends the racing industry should do some research about the skeletal development in horses. The hock joint for example isn’t fully developed until 3 1/2 years old. The amount of training they put them through at 2 and 3 years old does damage. Even if it’s not immediately. I’ve been training jumping horses for over 30 years and I have seen many ex race horses in the sport. They all needed joint injections by the time they were 10-15 years old. On the other hand I know Olympic horses that were started at 4 or 5, that were still sound at 30 years old. Back in the day when horses were used for wars, they didn’t ride them until 6 years old, because that’s actually when their back is fully developed. All these owners care about is quick money, not the horse. It’s basically child labor

Some ex racehorses are sent to slaughterhouse

I thought the same! 2 yrs old is so young!!!

Laura Steyn yeah, its dumb to ride a horse that young but its even more dumb to put it through such intense physical activity.

I don’t even start light riding my horses until they are 4 or 5. To hear that these horses are raced at 2 is disgusting.

7 horses broke down this week in Kentucky. It's rampant there

@@danettaromero9793 Yep. Time to revisit this yet again.

Do it then. Make it end. Let's see ya. Go. LOL. That's the problem for you. All you have is words and your words can't change anything. 🤣

@@question_it_701 Get therapy.

@@question_it_701 It's amazing how little people know about the industry and the overall impact it has on the state and local economies. In addition, some 140+ countries across the globe now have legalized pari-mutuel wagering, with the exception of the Arab nations, where the fill the tracks without wagering. Thousands of racetracks worldwide. And lets not forget standardbreds, Arabians, and Quarter horses. It will NEVER be banned. And just for the sake of argument, if they did ban horse racing, what do you think would happen to all those majestic creatures? Off to the Alpo plant.

And people to! All those jockeys who ride those horses, they put their lives on the line! If the horse goes down, so does the jockey, we saw it but it's still ok. The owners don't ride, they can't understand. The horse might break down anytime but it's ok, let's make him race and take the chance to kill or paralyze the jockey along to.

Anne-Sophie Pelletier Well actually it's not even close to the same thing. The jockeys know the risks and still choose to ride and a jockey is far less likely to die from an accident. They do but if a jockey breaks something they aren't likely to die whereas a horse with a broken leg is likely to be put down as well as the horse has no say in whether it races or not.

so? sometimes they don't know the true conditions of the horse they're riding. Of course they know what they're going is dangerous but riding a horse that can break down anytime is a whole other thing.

Anne-Sophie Pelletier So you think that people not in the racing industry know that any horse can break down at any time but the jockeys don't? I'll bet the jockeys know even more about the drugs these horses are on.

Of course horses can break those but if there's one place where it occurs most it's in that industry. And I'm only saying it's not only bad for the horses but also for the jockeys who a lot of trainers and owners don't care about. They're only there to ride the horse after all.

ast5515... a bit wrong in your assumption there. Not every body that rides horses call it pleasure riding. Hacking around - maybe yes. Other people ride in competitions of all sorts.

Exactly my thoughts 😂

Stop we're talking about horses not eyebrows STOP

Right.

The jockeys cheat too.

Bibi Sofia Hahahaha my thoughts!!!!

+Hayley Ewing Jockeys' feet don't come down far enough to spur a horse. They are way up on the saddle.

+watchgoose trainers do. use your brain. jockeys can't have spurs during races it's illegal in a race.

‘Ex’ racehorse is the operative word here. A horse in the condition you describe would not be allowed on any racecourse and if someone had the audacity to do so, the stewards would do their job and stop it running. No racehorse exercise rider uses spurs. Whatever happened to your mare happened after retirement , not while racing.

She never got over anything because she didn't trust you.

😢

get bent

That comment is a death sentence. I do think that the horses should be bred with thicker legs and raced as a 3 year old and up. I like to go down to the track, and I have only seen one accident, but the jockey had not been ready for the start, and fell off. If horse racing was banned, it would still be done, without rules as it would be done illegally anyways, and horses would be in worse conditions. They would be more drugged and hurt and raced more often. Show jumper horses also get drugged. Western, dressage, eventers, ect all get drugged. There are good people and crappy people. And as for all you saying horse racing is bad, don't forget that these horses are bred for running, so they will obliviously run. They just need better vets, better dirt on the track, and for people to stop messing with our sport. I want to be a jockey when I grow up, so butt out and go back to watching my little pony with your other little friends.

Never watched gay shows like that douche bag.

I just don't appreciate animal abuse.

Well then, you really should watch my little pony. It's all about rainbows and sunshine, positively, cheesy clips as well as story lines, and no pony abuse. Just like the cheesy story line for this clip. You PETA people would all LOVE my little pony. It's crappy just like this KZfaq video. Also, just another suggestion, you should really watch real races. Watch the 1978 belmont stakes. Affirmed was losing to alydar (I think. I have not seen it in a while) then came back to win the race. That very rarely happens. In the Great Depression, was a PETA member America's hero? No! It was a little run down racehorse who had the strength and game was to go out to win. Was he drugged? Nope! And the 1973 belmont stakes, why would secretariat go out to win by 31 lengths ( just for you little PETA people who don't know what that is, I'll just say that means he won by 6 1/2-7 seconds.) here is my new quote: The credible hulk: You won't like me when I'm angry because I back up my rage with facts and documents.

finally someone understand!

**Claps** FINALLY, SOMEONE WHO HAS A BRAIN!

Yes! And so with crops! Also bits. If people are that much good of a rider, they should be able to use their legs and unharmful communication!

Agreed. Also some of the gear they use and a safe age limit.

Also take away the spurs, the electric bolts, the nails etc.

I agree, as much as I love Secretariat, Zenyatta, Rachel A and our dearest Ruffian, I can't help, but agree! I'd not know of them, but for these races! The amt of $$ that flows in from these races, also invites for ill and unethical treatment of these very stately and beautiful beings, of G-d's creation!

So riding horses is abuse?

@@Bridgette_equestrian RACING horses is abuse

@@Space-Case999 ya

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Also, those eyebrows! O.o

I never brought up wild horses. Wild horses should just be left as is, wild.

EveryonesQT The point about wild horses and ponies everywhere, is that they breed and the breed and them the numbers become two many for the grasslands to sustain them especially in winter, and then starvation sets in and those horses that you love die a slow painful death and fall prey to other wild animals wolves etc. That is the reason man tries to control the situation, I don't always agree with it but it is an evil that has to be done and stop in breeding. thank you and greetings from Northern Ireland.

Yes!

El Draque how do you know thoroughbreds love racing? Why would they act as they do if they love it?

aside from that, horse bones never truly become strong until after 2 years which can lead to bone problems.

+molly molly not true, if you read the condition book you will find races tailor made for the horses past age four. I know some personally.

+molly molly want a list of horses running over the flat over 4. Here we go Persian Punch, Sargent Cecil, Black Caviar, Yeats, Double Trigger, Solow, going back in time there was a sprinter called Le Garcon D'or who retired at the age of 15. The list is endless, unfortunately my brain isn't working quick enough, High Hat, Solo Power, do your research then comment.

At the racing barn i work at we have about ten horses aged five and over, mate

1312Sierra that's at your barn, others have young horses, yeah generalizing racing is common but that's because The wrongs far outweigh the rights, Imo most racing barns, tracks, etc are not treating the horses properly, I know that very few actually take into consideration the age and mental state into consideration

It freaked me out

Yes whit a sharpie. Lol

She could at least make them look more natural....geez,

Tattoos, maybe?? Or she just went at it with a power painter?? 🤣🤦‍♀️

I've been looking for someone to say this

I totally agree!!

Same thing with the Quarter Horses too. Spindley legs, weak bones.

Its the people and their drugs NOT the racing aspect. And this is America the modern day sodom and gomorrah. Its a pity America hasn't done an Atlantis and slid into the ocean. Blame the Jockey Club for not enforcing the drug rules nationally.

Will Rueb No horse racing is not a cruel sport, there are many safeguards laid into horse racing legally, maybe y years ago some race finishes were cruel when big money was at stake, but not now, a jockey can not mark a horse with his whip, when you see jockeys as you would think beating a horse at the finish, they are merely flicking him with the whip, these are speaking whips mostly used for guiding the horse and are padded. A jockey that left a mark on the horse is pulled in front of the Stewarts and fined heavily and suspended, as this is his lively hood he can't afford this to,happen. When the horse is in training that horse is looked after better than a high class athletic. He is fed the very best food money can buy, he has the best bedding to lie on , stables are cleaned twice a day, He is given saunas he can be taken even to horse swimming pools to help him relax. A good stable will do,everything possible for that horses comfort. When he is galloping all horses love to gallop to feel free, he will be put every morning for exercise with his companions, and have a gallop maybe 2 days a week, to get him really fit. This is the normal life of a good racehorse in a good yard, the majority of stable lads really do,love their charges,they clean then a d talk about them, especially the girls, they adore their charges. This is why it is so expensive to keep a horse in training. The problems begin when the horse is deemed no longer fit to race, a d leaves these good yards, that is why I suggested earlier that a levy could be placed by the horse boards on the price of the yearlings at the sales and a levy placed on prize money won by a particular animal to,rehalibate him when he leaves the racing yards. We now have a very good scheme here in Ireland where many of these horses are retrained a d used as saddle horses for different sports and Dublin Horse Show has put on show classes for these ex race horses and at present is running very successful. The whole problem with the horse industry, is too many horses being bred, when times are good and money is plentiful many people buying horses then hard times come, and the money is no longer there, a horse is expensive to keep even if you have him in the garage at the back of the house you are still looking at 70 pounds a week sterling to look after him. When you have to decide daddy has lost his job, do you keep a roof over your head or feed the horse. NO body can afford to buy horses and keep them, this is when you get horses discarded and put out on some mountain or dumped in some field somewhere, the authorities having to pick up the tab of looking after him, and then that beloved horse or pony ends in the slaughter yard. Please please people out there, when your little girl or boy start harping on, I want a pony, I want a pony, think hard and long before you give in to buy one, that 1st 60 or 70 pounds a week might not look much, over a year it can reach 3000 or more pounds and then there are vets bills horse dentist bills blacksmiths bills, CAN YOU REALLY AFFORD IT. You don't put a pony or horse on the grass and think everything is going to be all right, I will tell you from over 60 years experience it won't. Can you afford it. and if the answer is No don't give in, send them to the local riding school it will be a lot cheaper. and please don't breed that little mare unless you have some way for that foal. I hope I have touched on many subjects here, and if any one wants help with an problem, put the message on and I will get back to you, and hope we can solve the problem. Sorry for this being so long May God bless you and greetings from Northern Ireland.

Winifred Thompson I really appreciate your very thoughtful, intelligent, and informative response. I suppose it may have changed my opinion on the sport somewhat, but I still do not condone the breeding of animals simply for the pleasure of humans to sport. Even so, I'm not an idealist, and I do realize that if this animal is no longer bred for racing it might as well as be an endangered species. We humans are like that.

Will Rueb Will you are correct when you say, the thoroughbred horse would become an endangered species, just like the Clydesdale the Puncheon and other big heavy draft horses, they are now an endangered species. There are a few old hands out there still breeding the odd heavy draft horse for show purposes, and sentimentality. I do hope these old breeds of horses are not allowed to die out. The pure thoroughbred as we know it today would go the same way. and that would be a shame. The thoroughbred horse is bred to race, it is a racing machine if you look at its bone structure, it is beautiful to watch a thoroughbred horse in full flight, his mane and tail floating in the wind, his nostrils wide, his eyes shinning with delight. The magnificance of the thoroughbred horse standing some 16.2hh coat gleaming fire in his eyes his proud step and magnificent movement, it makes the soul feel good to stand and admire him. I hope there will always be a place for the racehorse but not raced as 2 year olds. Thank you for reading this, and greetings from Northern Ireland.

Winifred Thompson ~ In any sport were stakes are high unfortunately there exist biologically bred people that have no empathy for the animal only the money. This needs addressing by the CEO's / management of the track & a strong organization to inforce tighter rules for the welfare of the horse. Otherwise I see it as barbaric.Upper track management all over America has failed these beautiful creatures.

Will Rueb kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p8-XlpN7prjalXU.html

theyve banned horse slaughter in the country but they ship the horses to canada to get slaughtered

I live in Canada I'm so mad that our government let's these beautiful creatures get slaughtered it should be ban around the world same as racing being a rider if I sensed the horse wasn't sound I told my instructor from my riding lessons straight way she saved a ottb to

They do test them before they run. They also test them after they race

because they would even try whatever substance to get their favoured horses a better chance ?

You live in Canada, then you must know about all the mares they keep pregnant so they can milk them for HRT for menopausal woman. Besides the mares living a life of torture, their foals get sent to slaughter. Canada does not have a proud record of respect for animals.

Why does it matter-

And you have a huge head. You have no room to judge mega brain.

Those eyebrows were a choice. A bad, bad choice.

these horses are bred for one thing, and only one thing. Racing. If it weren't for racing, these animals would never have been bred.

+Kevin Potts Horses were bred for transportation before it became a sport. They've been transportation for wars, the pony express, carriages. Unless you're not talking about horses in general.

Lacey G I'm talking about the thouroghbred race horse. They were bred for only one thing, to run circles on racetracks.

Ah okay, I wasn't sure if you were talking about horses in general or not.

***** if they weren't obligated to it, they would have never been born.

Instead of stopp ing at two they shouldn't race until they are three or older. At least let them grow and form first

Cooolchick647 that's what they meant

@@cooolchick647 A horse actually finishes its growing at 5, talking 'bout the legs and back (can be later, but it's less dangerous since they're 5 or older).. If they're raced at 2, that's because of money purposes, not the usual "this is a breed that finishes to grow earlier don't worry".. aaaaand, For the trainers and owners ...on the one hand, horses do not deserve to wait their 4 or 5 to see if they're worth or not, on the other hand, that's just people who don't know because they were told all their lives long that this is how this breed work... And that's pretty sad

[equarg] Out of the current 743 comments here as of 15 Feb. 2019 you do touch on the real problem. I might add that, not as you suggest as to racing to young or conditioning it is the breeding industry. Not knowing your age I can tell you that there has been discussions of this for 20 to 40 years.

[gatorgityergranny] A two year old could do a better job of reporting!!! In fact, a two year old would be alot more objective then these self indulgent, self important uneducated idiots. Lets see, my trusty dictionary says (are you aware there was an article that stated only 5 percent of the people in the U.S. ever opened the dictionary in the period of one year?); objective adj. [ML. objectivus] 2. being, or regarded as being, independent of mind 4. without bias or prejudice; detached; impersonal.

Riley is a stupid millenial name

Yes UNFORTUNATELY she TAKES AWAY FROM THE STORY!!! She must know this…I’m SURE people have been telling her for DECADES!!

As I told her 6 years ago!

Omg XDD

+Barbara Dyson the drug control is tighter in the uk, but that definitely doesn't mean that drugged animals don't slip through the net all the time. and that doesn't account for the many other issues with horse racing here, like starting their training too young, treating them like commodities and running them into the ground, putting jumps in races that are deliberately designed to trip them up and cause fatalities, etc.

@@likeastarbaby Wait, what?! Why would they want to trip them up??

@@imonthewinningside8281 The jumps are specifically there to be skillfully manoeuvred and are where almost all of the fatalities take place. I'm not saying they are deliberately trying to trip them but they are trying to make the course more difficult and this inevitably costs horses their lives

ScarsFromTomorrow so true.

So true it will be much better when the only horse races held are that between 2 friends with no money involved through a nice pasture

This made me laugh so hard

Lyssa Tomlin :)

looks like 2 dead caterpillars on her face. They are completely ridiculous

Haha that was so creepy xD

EquineLPS never use "xD" again

Kimberly Thomas shut up Kimberly lmal

[Kimberly Thomas] YOUR A LIAR!!!!

Brianne Geoghegan You have just said the same thing that thousands of other people are saying, and this is where the problem lies, the over breeding of horses, I have done it , you have a beautiful mare and you give in to the temptation that you will breed a foal, then it is two foals, a mare can become pregnant 9 days after she has had her 1st foal and every subsequent year after that, that beautiful little foal is born and you are chuffed, let me try again, I will try a different stallion the next time, and the mare goes I foal a second time, now you have the mare, the foal, wich in a years time will be a lovely yearling DV and another beautiful young foal born. If your 1st foal is a colt and you let it run with the mare, He can reproduce in about 14 to 16 months old maybe younger, now unless you are filthy rich or you own a large estate of land, your problems have just begun. You will have to find a buyer, will that person love your beautiful yearling as you do, maybe, who knows where it will go,in two or three years time, once you sell you have no,more control over that animal, unless you go and buy it back. I love horses all my life I believe it is something you are born with,my mother is said to have lost me when I was 2 years of age, in the middle of Belfast and she found me sitting between the two back feet of a cart horse on the streets of Belfast , I never was afraid of horses, my father was in the royal Horse Artillery regiment before he got married to my mother. We did not have any horses at that time, I was 7 when I had my first pony, I lived dreamed horses, and rode for many horse dealers in the early days, where I gained a wealth of experience . So please please don't breed horses unless you have a way for them. I hope I, have given you a little insight into how life's passions can sometimes fall asunder, and unless you have been involved and know the dark side how things happen, how can we be judge and jury, I have read most of the remarks and some are very good. But people make money out of every sphere in life, we all need money, cows pigs sheep chickens, at the end of the day these animals are used for food. I know in Italy they actually breed heavy horses especially for meet and they eat them, and in France also. In Arabic countries they eat camels sheep and horses etc. If a horse has to be put down I would like to see it done as painless as possible, preferably at its home stable without stress. This is a fact of life, and before I am accused of all things, this is going on in your hospitals every day, with the elderly, have you not heard of the Liverpool Path Way, where they take all water from a patient and increase drugs to take them out, your grandma or grandpa even. We have child abuse we have abortion, where the infant is murdered with the laws consent up to 28 weeks of age, this is a live viable baby, and Hillary Clinton wanted it to go up to 34 weeks gestation a baby ready to be born, one evil woman. This is murder, a infant can survive out of the womb at 23 to 24 weeks gestation. We have a lot to,complain about, and if we keep complaining we just might get something done. We don't have abortion in Northern Ireland except for a severely disabled or the mothers life is at stake. and I agree with that, and I believe the cut off period is 16 weeks gestation. Keep,putting on comments between us all we will get something done. God bless you and greetings from Northern Ireland.

You sir are an insensitive ass .

If you do something outrageous to your looks that goes beyond all social norms, it shouldn't be a huge shock when someone points at you and laughs. It's not like she has a physical deformity that someone is making fun of...it's makeup. Jeez.

Jeffro Doe Youre comment is inappropriate and completely off topic.

Agreed, on both points. But she still looks like a clown.

Jeffro Doe Could she have been on/recovering from chemotherapy, which often makes you lose all hair? Her hair(cut) is very short.

Agree completely

thoroughbreds are bred to mature sooner

Stephen Newman, pretty well done! But, this Evan Anouna? Is he a troll of the meat mill industry, or what?

Amen, Stephen.

@@gunnarroth6599 I think he is.

Couldn’t agree more

I disagree, it's a tradition

@@johnspinelli9396 I sort of agree. It is a tradition but it's been taken to an extreme. It needs considerable reform to be able to continue in an ethical manner.

@@aidamcewen6884 Yeah i agree. We do need to make sure abuses and ethical standards are being applied but to ban out right is something I dont agree with. Plus horses are animals that naturally like to run