Aerocraft67
07-14-2016, 08:29 AM
Saw this article (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/hundreds-of-racehorses-die-at-the-track-each-year-their-deaths-may-be-preventable/2016/07/13/1250df9e-3412-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html) in the Post today. First thing I thought was, "wow, a horse racing article noted on the front page." Of course the subject is negative, but the article otherwise seems pretty fair. Good quote here, especially the last sentence:
“In the rest of the world, horse racing is more of a sport. In the U.S., it’s got a little bit of a business aspect to it,” said Rick Arthur, the equine medical director at the California Racing Board. “Horse racing needs to become drug-free, and when I talk about drug-free, I’m talking about international standard. I think we need to do that to be able to convince the public that the horse is our primary interest. I think that’s absolutely imperative for horse racing to succeed in a very changing environment.”
Whatever your take on improving the welfare of race horses, breakdowns are yet another headwind against racing's ongoing viability that it could do without.
“In the rest of the world, horse racing is more of a sport. In the U.S., it’s got a little bit of a business aspect to it,” said Rick Arthur, the equine medical director at the California Racing Board. “Horse racing needs to become drug-free, and when I talk about drug-free, I’m talking about international standard. I think we need to do that to be able to convince the public that the horse is our primary interest. I think that’s absolutely imperative for horse racing to succeed in a very changing environment.”
Whatever your take on improving the welfare of race horses, breakdowns are yet another headwind against racing's ongoing viability that it could do without.