He WILL play in a elimination final and kick 7 and YOU WILL ALL LIKE IT
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and what if we lose?
So next year then?
Play along for once will you ffs
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Though true, it is also because a horse’s worth is measured in money.
Having had many horses over a 45 year period I could go into detail about why it is so difficult for horses with broken legs to recover & the many lengthy life threatening & poor quality of life outcomes that follow. Too many & lengthy to explain here but a quick Google search explains most. Ending a horse’s life by an attending vet is never a pleasant or easy decision for anyone.
Sorry about all that (just can’t bear joking around about animals dying)…back to the footy…
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Surely they are not relying on a GP
But are seeking advice from a specialist in OP
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So is there a valid argument to ban horse racing by way of cruelty or are these injuries common outside of racing too
There probably is to ban Jumps, as it happens fat too regularly,… but normal gee gee’s??, … not for mine.
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Yeah but if they’re getting pushed hard enough and breaking down to the point of immobility i thought that would be a valid argument.
I don’t really know what I’m talking about but from an ignorant POV seems a bit cruel.
Of course it’s cruel. Why would any living creature who feels pain, kinship with their family and tribe, emotions of love, sadness and happiness, want to be pushed to the physical limit where some of them snap their legs and are in so much pain death is preferable?
It is probably hardest on the attending Vet, my wife has never got used to having to put suffering animals to ‘sleep’, particularly horses.
Yeah preseason sucks doesn’t it
Worst thing I’ve ever had to do was put my dog down.
Nothing comes close.
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Yes- always so hard even when it’s the kindest thing to do. Such magnificent creatures horses- my last girl (mare) I watched being born & then was by her side at the end. And yes, being so big brings extra difficulties for all concerned.
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Probably seems to happen a lot in horse racing because we hear about it.
I once knew of a horse - not mine thankfully - have to be put down because it’s rug slipped while it was horsing around in its paddock and it tripped and broke it’s leg. Awful.
Horses love to run. They also love to jump. When a horse is at full gallop there’s often just one leg on the ground. That’s an awful lot of weight for just one leg. I have no statistics for how common this is in wild horses, but in the two sports I’ve been involved in, racing and eventing, it happened, but was rare. It’s always tragic.
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I read somewhere that vets have one of the higher suicide rates. Would be such an upsetting job
Are they put down humanely, though.
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