Let me get this straight. Three horses die while working on a TV show and it gets cancelled. Five racehorses die in just a couple of days at the same meeting, but the meeting goes on as usual?? Shows just what a callous entity the racing industry is!!
Totally agree with over2you
Thank you. Glad to see there is somebody else who actually cares about horse welfare.
I haven't opened the link so don't know what the TV show is anyway or what happened. Over2You though, your name would suggest you are an eventing fan, is that right? How do you differentiate between racing and eventing when it comes to this said 'cruelty'? Horses (and people of course) die in eventing all the time and often do not get veterinary attention half as quickly as the racehorses who are seen within minutes if that after an incident.
Ok, so eventing isn't on TV as often although there are competitions all the time so does that mean, because people don't see the accidents it's not as bad? Plus, many horses who event are brought on through the hunting field where, again, many horses die!!
Unfortunately horses do die - look what just happened to poor Polly Stockton's horse rthat has just been killed, does that make them 'cruel' to or is it just a tragic accident???
If you had known what the show was you may have had a different view. These horses who are dying are not racing-fit horses, it is not a documentary, it is a drama series which uses retired racehorses to run often several times a day, just to get the right shot. They are simply not fit enough to do this and this is why so many have died and the show has been shut down.