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Originally Posted by Amie
Im glad you posted this, im from a racing background, my father owns a Stud, been round horses all my life - i cannot fault what Helen has said, i agree with it all.
Not all racehorses are destroyed, many of them go onto event riding, point to points, riding schools ect
Sir Frankie * the magnificent seven *Dettori takes a lot of ex race horses who`s future would have been bleak, notably Fujiyama Quest. Many many owners and trainers do this.
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Thanks Amie
It's a hard one for me...I lobe animals way more than people so racing does tear me in two sometimes...I hate the fact that horses can get hurt, but at the same time get so bloody excited watching it!!
I don't know about u but I watch the race perched as if on the saddle, I move my arms, my feet, my legs...my heart is racing, I jolt just as a horse takes off..mental!!
I must admit, when McCoy came off coming down to the start, I felt sick..it seemed like an omen...I kept thinking don't race don't race
But when I saw Sychronised go down, I thought, 'ok, he jumped it well, just stumbled on landing' and thought nothing more of it until I heard later he'd been put down
Dead sad
Regarding ex race horses...I myself have avoided them like the plague but I know a few people who have them and they are happy with them
We had an ex race horse in the event yard...he was intermediate but was never going to go any further. His name was Marmaduke
He was lovely except to hack...as soon as u turned for home he would start to jog...and even if home was 4 miles away...he would jog. Sideways. The whole 4 miles. Urgh!!!!
16-04-2012, 08:17 PM
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