Should horse racing be banned? | Human Animal
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2021
- Horse racing is a lucrative industry, the playground of kings and billionaires, and financed by betting. But its focus on money is at the detriment of horses, which are at constant risk of injury or death, with unknown numbers of also-rans living short, difficult lives away from the racecourse.
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After a string of controversies, the industry is opening up with welfare and PR initiatives aimed at improving the outlook for thoroughbreds and widening the appeal of the sport. Can racing ever offer a good life to the many horses it produces?
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I live about an hour from Lexington, Ky. and I believe that horse racing should most definitely be banned.
I love British euphemisms: "the human pursuit of lucrative reward." It's called GREED.
you are wrong is not just greed , is wanting benefits from pain and sufering as well and learning bad criminal painful behaviour as well as bad criminal biology
I’m still surprised it hasn’t been banned yet.
Why did those men jump on an injured or a dead horse ,or posing with a peace sign next to one in an agony ,or even dying !!? Have they gone mad !!?💔
Contempt for the animals showing.
@@Ketowski I know .So - disturbing !! Thank you so much for your reply !! 💔💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
No animal should be used for entertainment!
No more.
@@TheYoungGoalkeeper There is a bit of a difference between an horse being forced to run so fast that they break a leg and have to be killed or just have a heart attack and forced to wear uncomfortable headgear and my cat. My cat has had 20 years of love and care with precisely zero expectations placed upon her. She has done what she wants, when she wants her whole life. She eats, sleeps, gets cuddles, and goes out to see the world entirely on her own terms.
Please explain how the 2 are in any way comparable.
Poor animals :(
Why? my grandad says horse riding is not cruel or abusive
if they really regretted it they'd stop killing horses by forcing them to race
Exactly 💯AWFUL business/ gambling !! I've always been against to horse races ,I'd love to watch those silly humans run for a long time by force & whipped & bits on their faces & ask if they like it !? Lol. Clearly the answer will be no !! Then why do they do that to poor horses ? & when they don't make money anymore ,they're shipped to slaughterhouses for others to eat 'em !!! What kind of humans are they !? No respects ,no mercy ,no dignity even ,they give those animals no love !!! 😢💔💔💔💜🥁🐉🎤🐎💞
@@spark_6710 clearly you don't know, these horses get treated alot better than most and get alot of love
What about the ones that die in fields then or in stables which is much higher
@@louisepalmer4488 you're right, people shouldn't ride horses at all
@@stocktonjoans what about the horses that die in the field being horses???
You stopped gambling tomorrow, and horse racing would be finished as a commercial entity. I suppose there would be illegal horse racing, but that could be changed with stricter sentences for general animal welfare in the UK. Which while better than many other countries, is, still not acceptable.
Let's whip the jockeys, and trainers that will out them in their place,and blindfold them in prison cells see how they like it.
Humans are their own worst enemy. They use and abuse for sport, then end up with gambling addiction, then debt, family strain and poverty and down the spiral goes....
I have never seen a reporter with a cane before and it absolutely tickled me to see yours!!! Lovely reporting and thank you for asking the tough questions!
I worked in dog sled racing at the winning level. Racing animals is cruel af and theres no way around the issues. I never gave it much thought until i worked in racing. Horse racing needs to freaking go. We need to add an amendment to the animal welfare act to include a ban on all forms of animal racing.
Why are u so negative my grandad says horse racing is not cruel
Ban Horse racing Now, its inhuman cruelty
I know ,already ,right !? Way overdue !! 👍👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🐎💞
@@spark_6710no!! my grandad says it’s not cruel
Of course it’s cruel racing these colts and filly’s …. Their bodies and legs haven’t grown enough to be racing like this!
All the top ten trainers and jockeys and the club should be taxed 1 percent of their earnings witch could be used for the welfare of these horses.
Why just 1% !!? Lol. Why not 10% at least !? LOLLOLLOL 👍💜🥁🐉🎤🐎💞
Wait, so you want to take money away from that which the trainers would use for the horses... to have the government intervene... and use it on the horses? make it make sense lol
Jockeys are typically not treated or paid all that well either just saying. These people treat horses like they are disposable, they treat the jockeys much the same in many cases.
That rescue woman ibreckonbsometimes she should give up sooner.
The guy is right a year is a LONG time for a horse to be in pain, especially the kinda pain that warrants being put down in the end.
Yes. End of.
Horse racing should absolutely be banned. I'm so sick of the deluded people who refuse to acknowledge how many horses die to this blood sport every year and claim how great and exciting it was to watch the horses run their guts out. Only greedy delusional people support abusive sports... You can't let the general public decide what is and isn't abusive, because the majority of the public don't know anything about horses or have ever sat on a horse. The general public sees a horse galloping it's heart out on the racetrack and will think that's the greatest, most powerful thing they've ever seen. Don't even get me started on the gamblers...
slavery has not been shutdown yet
Gen Z here. I feel I'm the only one who actually thinks horse riding should be banned. Everybody keeps saying how cute it is.
I can relate to this.
it trick you , dont fall in trap , all slughtered animals meat must be replaced with laboratory meat to keep animals safe and give to animals a space as well because closing the farms will slaughter the animals so after closing the farm then move the animals into a space where is green and stays safe there
😔😔😭😭😭Terrible. Will horses ever be put away from men's pleasures?
actually alot of equine sports are dominated by women. With horses sports I think women are a cause of much of the suffereing. Racing is kind of different in that its about breeding and management so thats mainly men, but other sports like jumping and barrel racing etc etc its mainly women. Barrel Racing is predominantly done by women for example and they have an advantage because they are lighter.
IT IS FAR MORE THAN 200 HORSES A YEAR.
This and dog racing should be banned, especially in the US
I agree 👍👍👍💯👏👏& hopefully bull fighting in other countries & dog fighting in the U.S. & anywhere very soon !! This is human's shame !! It's 21st century ! 💜🥁🐉🎤🐎💞
we should at the very least remove the jumps from the race the junps add extra risk which isnt even needed the jumps are sadly there for our own entertainment purposes its these jumps that harm the horses.
Out of my peer group and colleagues, lower-to-middle class in the 30-50 age range - not one person supports horse racing. We include joiners, warehouse workers, plumbers, technicians, project managers, various political affiliations. It's one of the only things that everyone I know agrees on. When it's finally gone, we'll all be glad. No PR will change that.
agree 100%
Same with my group of friends, same age group, grew up in Huntington Beach, live in Malibu we have 2 tracks near us, they are always empty bc there are protesters outside of both places bc there was a long Summer of deaths that really shook ppl up.
Are you in Britain ,or Europe ,or U.S. ? I am Japanese living in the U.S.with mom ,we're against horse racing !! I've always been all of my life !! Bits,whipping ,breaking their spirits ,forcing to run all the time , causing injuries ,all are cruelties & slaveries !! Thank you so much for your comment !! 👍👍💖💘💜🥁🐉🎤🐎💕💞
@@christinasornbutnark1208 👍💜🥁🐉🎤💕🐎💞
What do your group think of the rider in the US who attempted a ride with one horse from Texas to Washington with no prior conditioning and very little equine knowledge or experience? Falcon Express
I'm totally against horse racing. Just ban it.
I totally agree !!! 👍👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🐎💕💞
Yeah, image, that's my problem with horse racing :/
Beyond heartless, I know !! They work hard ,run for humans ,run for life & bring money & foods to those tables & then they get injured ,or stop producing money ,they get killed for other humans to eat !!! No mercy ,no dignity those cold humans give 'em nothing !!! 💔💔💜🥁🐉🎤🐎💞
Horseracing should be banned. The Kentucky Derby is a place where silly women wear ridiculous hats believing someone cares. We watch to see horses. Too many horses have suffered at this Kentucky graveyard. We want it closed down. NOW.
Should of been banned decades ago. Toff traditions seem to get a free pass though.
Yes. It’s based on fear and drugging of the horse. They DO nothing for race horses. It’s beyond cruel.
But my Grandad says horse racing is not cruel
Definitely a ban.
I totally agree 👍quite frankly ,I am so shocked that it's still going on !! Only certain people like it just like dog race ,bull fighting ,whaling ,so on still exist in 21st century ,yet not many support 'em at all !! 👍👍💜🥁🐉🎤🐎💕💞
No my grandad says it’s not cruel
ban slaveryu for any peaceful animals and horses is inaf peaceful and should have a peaceful space in wilderness where is safe and have green food
I used to be a big gambler before my spiritual awakening but I don't regret this time because It was exhilarating and I was passionate even if didn't win a lot of money. Finally this time of pandemic was useful to realize lots of things by being hampered to attend the races. Great vid
Lucky you got out before it destroyed life
I personally think things like horse racing can be ethical, but I also recognize that it is going to be a nearly impossible fight unless the correct people start helping with the change.
My country, luckily, is better with the racing rules, but we aren't safe either. We just don't have the same injuries or crimes being committed as some other countries have. It's completely different type of reason for racing.
We do it because the horse wants to run and the owner enjoys it. It's more of a hobby than a career to be made of. If the horse doesn't want to run, it won't run because that wouldn't benefit anybody. A lot of ex-racers also get rehabilitated or trained and live long lives, which I'm glad for.
For places like UK we can only try and make a change.
@@marialindell9874 Racing cannot be done ethically. there are no rules or regulations that fix the fundamental issues with racing, Its basically just competitive horse breeding. it displaces loads of horses, and lots of horse die in training or on the track.
@@marialindell9874 The industry is international, the animals aren’t isolated by country or even by continent. Since they’re being overworked when immature, many don’t live long, healthy lives.
Profit will always go before rights.
Using any any animals for exploitative human gain or profit must be criminalized
Even assistance dogs?
then report any video about slavery of other animals
80% of humans struggle with back pain of some kind. Imagine the pain of a top race horse🏇and the condition of their joints, post racing. 🏁 🐎 🐴
Very informative and an important discussion that MUST keep going.
think about that with horse jumping as well. or reining,
@@doggodoggo3000 Unfortunately, futurities and many others are following the lead of thoroughbred racing. Big stakes for underage horses and ignoring the health and longevity of both the breed and individuals.
At least part of the winnings should be for the horse when he or she retired to have some dignity more when they have enjuries 🤔
how can these people call themselves HUMAN?
Answer is yes. Why a rich man has the right to abuse whomever or whatever that want for entertainment? Political Science in Motion
Yes, they’re too young to be ridden
It is very sad.
I know ! I tell others about stories like this as many don't get to hear or know those going behind the curtains !! 💔💔💜🥁🐉🎤🐎💞
Yes definitely. It’s disgraceful the way horses are treated.
If you’re gonna ban horse racing,
And animal testing,
You might as well ban the slaughter houses as well 🤦🏻🤦🏻
Absolutely should be banned. Dreadful and cruel sport.
Yes!
Far to much money involved; never will happen.
Money talks, and horses have no say! Horses are being abused. Horrid sport should be outlawed. 😮😮😮
They getting broken in to be ridden way to young before their bones are even fused thats why so many end up completely crippled by the age of just 5-8years old. A horse can get to 25-30 years old though.
Horse racing is barbaric.
Yes ,it is ,truly heartbreaking !! 💔
If you are racing bit less the horse does not suffer.
6:56 How can this be horse love? That poor young horse's head is completely strapped down with a bit and he's running in circles for hours on end. He doesn't like comfortable at all and after his grueling exercise, he'll be put in a tiny box pen. No friends, no social contact. Just work, eat, sleep, race, die. Jeeses! Why do we breed these animals??
If the Big Lick cant be banned...racing won't be banned either.
We are far beyond this type of entrainment horses should not be treated like this
YES IT MUST BE BANNED
the inhumans running the horse "racing industry" make lots of money, the people that have a gambling habit lose lots of money, what dose the horse get?
Ban horse racing!
Nice ace to finish the match
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Hi. I think the Queen showed people that women should be productive. And, in general, people should be productive. I half payed attention to her all these years. She is on our money. I'm from St. Kitts in the Eastern Caribbean. The Queen said she loved horses , so maybe her horses have extra care. Also, if not, maybe she did not realize that horse racing was dangerous to horses until after a long while. So, she kept racing horses because that's what people know about her. That she loves horses.
Anyway, I learned that she fought in a war. Kept her last name after marriage. I don't care if she married her 3rd cousin, who I think is more related than that because of generations of families marrying. She was born a long time ago, as time passes, health improves from news discoveries of things that are unhealthy, and new medicines and vaccines and other things.
Some people online keep on faulting her for marrying her cousin.
(I just started watching the video when I typed this)
Yes
Does everyone in this series need to compare animal cruelty to slavery? Can't two evils exist or have existed without being weighed up against each other?
Yes, horse racing should be banned.
It is unacceptable that animals are subjected to all kinds of abuse to satisfy the greed and vanity of ignorant people.
This is pure cruelty, check the Germans in the Olympics how the act w their horses
By the Germans I meant, the German team, obviously!
@@Juanotubi What about Germans ? Oh...I think I saw on news back then. It's a positive one ,right ? I thought ! I hope so as I like Germans !!! 💜🥁🐉🎤🐎💞
YES it’s cruel
No it’s not my Grandad says it’s not stop confusing me
Yeah, it should be banned, it's crazy it hasn't been yet.
Horses have been ravaged by man since the beginning of time
Warum sperren Sie mein Video?
What has millions got to do with the price of eggs. Get your knives and forks ready goose .
Those poor horses in these races!!!!!!!!!
No
Yes it should be banned.
Omg 😅 he got the names of the horses he basically murdered young in his garden to be remembered 😒 what a psycho and liar cause everyone familiar with the racing industry knows very well how many horses get discharged to slaughter houses each year 😢
It's outdated and risks the horses lives. And they run faster by getting BEATEN!!
Sorry but i think its very unfortunate that the interviewer has such poor knowledge about horses aswell as the industry.
The questions could have been much deeper revealing the actual truth. This is just a joke and honestly lets the horses down which suffering a great amount.
The general public might not find anything wrong with seeing someone riding a horse. But if you interview vets and chiropractors as well as ppl who take those horses on after they get discharged from the industry it shows a different reality.
These horses are getting started before they have the physical or mental maturity to deal with the weight of a rider, the daily training routine, the stress which comes with the races. Those horses are getting traumatised in so many ways, broken down, their joints snapp during races cause they getting pushed through fear over their limits. And those which do survive and are ro slow, cant race because of injury are ending up in a far away slaughter house. If they are even more unlucky with broken limbs getting dragged by the neck out of transporters. This industry is not prioritising the horses. They just maximise the profit. Its utterly disgusting and disgraceful 😒
Let the public who just recently voted for their economic death sentence choose if it moral!!
Its so disgusting
Horse racing is bad, point.
Horse racing, like eating animals, is wrong.
in japan they race horses as well as consume horse meat. so thats a thing.
japanese horse racing does seem to have some aspects to it that are better than other countries like they arent starting horses to young, runnung baby horses until their legs explode, but that just means they are more selective in the beginning, it still displaces lots of horses.
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What is ?
Oh brother
Sole Perspective, Never a Vacuum🎈
Ovvio
Ban Hourse Racing. Period
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Ban this Godless, evil sport
I love how these animal activists use a words to make it sound so dramatic they probably wouldn't lift the finger for a human being.
You guys are worse than CNN.
Absolutely ridiculous, these horses get better care then most humans!!!
no they don't. Its all just in service of winning and breeding more horses. Once a horse is no longer useful its disposed of. Horse racing displaces absurd numbers of horses and kills loads as well. They are treated like disposable tools for making profit.
No it can't. Next question.
How could you say that after watching this ? 💜🥁🐉🎤💞
@@spark_6710my grandad says this is not cruel
Is the Guardian even trying anymore? You don't seem to be putting out much content or getting much engagement. Have they gone broke?
Nope. Its something to do on Saturday..
Please have a ❤
@@spark_6710 forget that.. adopt a homeless person
@@jasoneaton9477 How silly & carelessly said such a thing !? Do you ever consider how much that costs me or anybody else before saying a thing like that !!?
@@spark_6710 that was a cute song.. by edie burkett and the new bohemians
@@jasoneaton9477 ?? Then why did you say " Nope" !!? Wasn't that implied to the subject of this entire video if horse races should be banned ?
Btw.,I used to buy coffees ,or soup & sandwiches ,sometimes hot dishes to a veteran homeless guy for a few years in Santa Monica ! Humans vs animals is silly .We all should help anyone / any living things in pain ,or crisis whenever we can !! As much as we can !! 💜🥁🐉🎤💞
I do like the hypocrisy of the left
Animals shouldn't be used for entrainment Dogs horses bla bla
Show jumping = fine
Horse and carriage = fine
Horse riding trips = fine
Racing = No because the queen likes it
Dogs trained as husky sledging = fine
Dogs trained for the Crufts = fine
Dogs trained to be guide dogs = fine
Dogs in armed forces / police dogs = fine
Racing no it's terrible because it's gambling 🤣😂
I worked at the winning level in dog sled racing and its awful. Thats why im so against racing and other animal sports now.
The only activity you listed that i think is remotely okay is their use as guide dogs.
show jumping = cruel and gross
horse and carriages = cruel and gross
horse riding = cruel and gross
racing = INCREDIBLY cruel and gross.
Dog sled racing = INCREDIBLY CRUEL AND GROSS.
Dog Shows = cruel and gross
Guide dogs = there are still a few legitimate uses for dogs and this probably is one.
Police dogs = Cruel and gross, but im more worried about the people than the dogs. Police misuse those dogs all the freaking time. The police should only be able to use dogs for customs and scent based work like finding missing persons. The war on drugs needs to stop so just like random searches on cars travelling is bs for a load of reason im not going to get into.
Animal Racing really is freaking cruel though. Short races are cruel, long races are cruel. Its just a freaking cruel activity and doesn nothing but displace and harm loads of animals.
@@doggodoggo3000 why are police dogs cruel ?
Comparing slavery to horse racing, peak guardian.
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No it shouldn't
yes it absolutely should.
Any arguments? Or will you just admit you dont have leg to stand on.
Let's be real, the best race horses get better treatment then most people.
When they stop winning & making money ,they're sent to slaughterhouses for certain people to eat !! No mercy ,no dignity !!! Disgusting !! The horses don't enjoy money or fame & prizes ! 💔
@@spark_6710 Do you honestly think the horses understand what dignity is. Imposing human emotions and concepts on animals doesn't prove they can reflect it. Lions feel full after eating a person not guilt.
@@user-cw1zd6vb9l Are you serious ? Are you o.k. ? When we say " dignity " we 're talking about the conditions/ situations in our language describing it .No animals want to die miserably in a desperate circumstance or horrific torturous event ,or long periods of agony !!! Those are proudful ( again in our language ,but they DO feel pride !! ) race horses sent to slaughterhouses like junk cars get sent to junkyards !! We're talking about living things with sensations / emotions !! Not machines ! Please have a heart !!
@@spark_6710 why don't you learn what your talking about basically all are given great homes outside racing
@@louisepalmer4488 I know it well as my EX bestfriend was in the industry !! Who was a horrible person. There are many news & articles & episodes prove that those bad / horrific things they are accused of doing are all real !!! You're the one have no ideas !
Let's all be vegetarians and play tiddlywinks and dominoes.
I am a vegetarian...why did you say a thing like that ?
Yeah and live 10 years longer!
NO BUT THE GUARDIAN SHOULD BE BANNED