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09-04-2011, 07:56 PM
Originally Posted by Pidge 
Yeah, I feel so stupid. What an idiot, how will I cope.
Healing and soothing properties in cabbage leaves!
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09-04-2011, 07:57 PM
Originally Posted by Luthien
OK. It is fine to keep animals, to deliberately kill, but not ok to have animals that are bred to race, and then risk them in a race?
Weird.
Of course it is. Why only the other day I saw some New Forest ponies lined up placing a bet on each other in terms of who was going to win.
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09-04-2011, 07:58 PM
Originally Posted by Borderdawn
Ahhh I got you now. You can pass it on if doesnt suit you, but not if its a Race Horse.
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09-04-2011, 07:58 PM
Originally Posted by IsoChick
But keeping a horse is different from keeping a dog... you need stables, land, much more money for food/vetinary care/insurance.
The majority of people will not keep a horse that isn't useful. If you grow out of a horse, and you want one to ride, you don't keep your smaller one - you sell it, and buy a larger one.
The majority of horse-people cannot afford to keep all their 'old' horses as pets....
But then - I know people who keep Sheep for showing, and chickens as well. They are mainly kept as pets for showing/breeding although they will kill(for food) the males (usually I think)
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09-04-2011, 07:58 PM
Originally Posted by Jackbox
Are you talking flat or jump racing.
How are they stressed??
See, I can laugh along with the best of you
Originally Posted by Borderdawn
Dunno, chew on a cabbage leaf?
Healing and soothing properties in cabbage leaves!
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09-04-2011, 08:00 PM
Originally Posted by Pidge
Horses were originally bred to race were they? Is that where it all stems back?
Of course it is. Why only the other day I saw some New Forest ponies lined up placing a bet on each other in terms of who was going to win.
At least the horses have a better than even chance of NOT dying.
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09-04-2011, 08:00 PM
Originally Posted by Pidge
What's that got to do with making a horse take unnecessary risks?
Yeah, I feel so stupid. What an idiot, how will I cope.
Those risks are life risks. In which case should I let Woody run about on laminate flooring again? He loved it, so did we. So, it must be OK then?
Originally Posted by Pidge
Horses were originally bred to race were they? Is that where it all stems back?
Of course it is. Why only the other day I saw some New Forest ponies lined up placing a bet on each other in terms of who was going to win.
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09-04-2011, 08:02 PM
Originally Posted by Luthien
Of course they were! Just as sheep and cows and chickens were bred to be killed.
At least the horses have a better than even chance of NOT dying.
Horses have been used for transport purposes for as long as the history books go back.
MAN made horse racing a sport.
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09-04-2011, 08:03 PM
Originally Posted by Pidge
What? Oh please.
Horses have been used for transport purposes for as long as the history books go back.
MAN made horse racing a sport.
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