"A quick look around at horse trader sites specializing in Thoroughbreds around the US reveals that non-performing animals are either left to literally rot, or dumped at cut-throat prices to amateurs willing to take them on for re-training in other disciplines. The number of those who will not even make it to public trading sites I can only imagine. Any flaw in conformation that limits their future use as jumpers or dressage prospects spells doom, as there is an abundance of others to choose from.
So talk about three horses being killed while the public is watching - sad, but peanuts. For the majority of horses (and greyhounds), the public is looking the other way. And 800 being killed on track doesn't reflect the true number of the ones left high and dry, with the same consequence. As long as the betting public views animals as equivalent to quarters in a slot machine, there's no cure in sight."
- via Andrew
So talk about three horses being killed while the public is watching - sad, but peanuts. For the majority of horses (and greyhounds), the public is looking the other way. And 800 being killed on track doesn't reflect the true number of the ones left high and dry, with the same consequence. As long as the betting public views animals as equivalent to quarters in a slot machine, there's no cure in sight."
- via Andrew
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