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Old 05-20-2012, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by lovsthosebigdogs View Post
It WAS a very exciting race yesterday. Watching the horse come up from behind did look like Hollywood staging. Nice job for horse and jockey. Just wondering if they mistreat horses the way they do greyhounds on the track. Does anyone know?
No, I can tell you from having been behind the scenes at Belmont. The horses are pampered like royalty. Of course they are always in danger of injury from a fall or misstep,and I think it is cruel to make them run like that when they are still babies, but that is not mistreatment.