"Responsible Thoroughbred racing is a wonderful sport."

When thoroughbred racing professionally is done well; though proper care, training, grooming, shod properly, vetted properly, etc.; then this is very very humane sport.
These horses are best kept horses in the world, besides the top showhorses in the world.

I have watched this show, and I am upset that they would show all these racehorses falling over and over again for ratings. For these famous jockeys to air all their falls on national TV is a disgrace.
They do not show the best of racing, DO THEY!!!!!

Yes, even the best horses will fall and get injured, including even the worse and rarest of break-downs (Barbarro, Eight Belles); but not like this!!!! Showing the same horse over and over again falling for ratings.

Yes, this is one of the most dangerous jobs for a jockey, and accidents do happen; but we do not need to glorify this.

We have some of the best and brightest people in this business who genuinely CARE about the horses, their safety, and the safety of everyone in the horse industry from the breeding farms to the trainers, managers, to the grooms, platers, vets, hotwalkers, ect.

Horseracing runs our economy!!! and is over a 250+ billion in agriculture [farmers for hay/straw/grain], veteranian [medical side] vet techs, breeding [stud fees, broodmares and foal care], breaking & training, barn managers & trainers, gallopers, jockeys, grooms & hotwalkers, running the racetracks, shoers, and the steel industry to make the shoes, farrier retail businesses and steel/aluminum distributers [Victory, St. Croix,ect.], carpentry [building barns, designs, ect.], electrical, making of the driveways/roads ect. ect.

Equine revenue that takes care of the running of our country!!!

Animal Planet should show how the equine community effects everyone lives directly and indirectly in this economy; and also both the good and not so good part of racing.
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I understand. You have to realize that the producers want something that gets peoples attention and makes them want to tune in every Friday and watch this show. It's sad. The average person wants to see some excitement. If the show, from a producer standpoint,( in their mind), was about running around a track and winning races no one would care to watch it. I think that's why people like bullriding. It's not watching everyone ride a bull, that would get boring for people, but people like bullriding because of the posibility of someone getting thrown sky high or worse, hurt. I agree with you they should make it not portray the negative of the sport and the falling so much on every preview, but the producers want what sells. It's a bad deal because it will get animal rights people worked up even more!

Gilreath Horseshoeing wrote:
You're right.....portraying the negative end of the sport, and it's a VERY BAD deal...........and getting the animal rights, and PETA worked up even more!

thanks for responding........for this is close to my heart.
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