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This subject has been brought up before.

I heard they were not treated well, so I’ve never made an attempt to go to the race track, but I’ve been to a lot of other horse sports. Are the horses okay? Can I go to the race track?

There are abusive people in every part of the horse industry and in every sport.

That does not make all horse people or all racehorse people abusive to their horses.

I have grown up on a commercial TB stud and was a strapper for many years before becoming an apprentice jockey. I know that our horses were very valuable and were treated better than most horses I’ve come across since.

They were in good large stables, on daily turn out, had friends nose to nose each day and night. They got the best feed, medical care, shoeing and dentistry available.

Each afternoon they would be hand grazed by the strappers for that extra bit and always were groomed impeccably.

They are spelled roughly around every 4 months (here in Aus) and the majority of their training is fitness, which including swimming. Our horses got galloped less than once a week.

And contrary to many peoples belief on YA they are not raced (here anyway) before they are actually 2yo. Most of them are actually rising 3yo in our spring and race in the 2yo races at the major meetings at our spring carnivals. We don’t have many 2yo races here at all. But perhaps this is different in different countries.

Obviously there are people who do not keep their horses in first class facilities and put money before the horses welfare. In Aus you have to be licensed to train a racehorse or even to be a strapper. It is not just a job anyone can walk into and it is hard work.

If you go to the races and sit out the back at the stalls and watch the many dedicated strappers work with their horses (most have around 5 to look after at the stables). Then you would see that these (mainly) girls love these horses and they get nothing but the best.

And if you want to see a more candid snap shot, go down to the track in the morning (early 😉 and watch them in action on a normal daily exercise morning. You won’t see all the flash bridles and rugs. But you will see the same dedicated people (in their work clothes LOL) still working just as hard to ensure these horses welfare. It is free to sit in the stands and watch or to walk around the stalls (just keep out of the way 😉

Because lets face it a happy and healthy horse will work better and have a much longer career than a horse who is treated poorly. Just some back yard nits are not smart enough to figure that out yet. And they don’t deserve to have a licence at all.

The only way to know if you think it is ok, is for you to go and have a look.

I hope you enjoy it 😉

Several on line sports site have ‘live game stats’ and play by play action. I’d love having a job like that entering data while watching a game – anyone know what company does that or is it a home team responsibility?

MLB has a thing about not divulging their sot-ware vendors.so your guess is as good as any ones.

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