division table in the first acceent was my horse, there legs are not tied together. They are pacers and they wear hobbles to help them stay on gate. free legged pacers are a rare site because if they do not have hobbles on they run when they have to go faster. hobbes only keep them on gate and are sized according to how long the horses gate is. they do not hider them in any way just keep them on the pace.
I do like how the jockeys who were okay out of the accident stayed near the horses and the emergency people and trainers remained calm keeping the horses calm
I use to drive many years ago and its rare that accidents happen. I can assure you horses are never abused. If they are the track vets will report any kind of abuse and the stable would either be fined or suspended or both. I know some of those horses had to be put down....its happens. Its hard to avoid accidents because you really cannot see directly in front of horse. It also could happen running through the open field.
Horrifying and accurate. I was a Harness track outrider for 20 years, and amazingly enough, the majority of these horses DO get up and walk away w/ minor injuries, as hard as it is to believe. But, nevertheless, I grew to hate it and am glad to be mostly out of the business. Wonderful, wonderful, animals, these Standardbreds.
To people who don't understand the sport it can appear fixed. You need to pull back on your horse during a race for many reasons. One reason is that you have to ration out the mile or you will lose big time. If you let your horse go as fast as it can it will certainly be out in front for a while, but will run out of steam before the mile is up and fall to last. Another reason to hold your horse back is to prevent a speed-break. That is when your horse gets ahead of itself and breaks stride.
@222frankel I love animals too, and my favourite animal is the horse.I work in a racing stable and I`m sure that I love these animals as much as you do.Accidents can happen in every sport and it`s very sad when these dramatic accidents happen.I rode for the first time when I was two years old and have ever since lived for these animals.Please don`t judge everybody just because you find some cruel people out in the world.Most of us treat our horses well.
i'm all for horse sports (i own an eventer) but i've never been a fan of pacing/trotting just because of the straps on their legs. make's it so much easier for them to fall *shudder* scares the heck out of me watching a race. I always hold my breath until they're all safely under the wire. hope that the horses and jocks were alright!
Yes, I know. Nothing bad about harness racing. My point was just that the harness it self can mean more complications to a fallen horse. Thoroughbreds get banged up, but they aren't attached to harnesses that can tangle the horses when they fall.
@123Secretariat care to explain why harness racing is more dangerous than for example showjumping or barrelracing? i'm not trying to to be mean or anything, but i work with it, and it really isn't more dangerous than any other sport involving live animals
for one thing. i have standardbreds and most of them love to race. they just do. when they see that track and know its race time their whole personalities change. they know its time to go fast. its fun for them. wrecks happen. but believe me, they are rare. its not something you see every day.
@Colleen4207 That's not correct. If you ever see standard-bred foals in the paddock many of them pace from the time they get up. They do indeed pace from birth. When they are "gaited" the pace is reinforced with hobbles to make them feel more comfortable doing it at speed.
i was in harness racing for over 20 years and had 1 accident...the horse in front of me fell down and i went over his tire and got run over by 3 horses and suffered a broken shoulder..thank god the drivers behind me were experienced...it could have been worse...but most of the time the horse are ok and the drivers get hurt
Wow, that's good to know, because the horses buried under the pile of debris (at the very end of the video) look like they're struggling or in their death throes, poor things. What a mess!! Where was that particular race (at the end of the video) and when?
That is part-way true. From what i've seen, Northlands Park in Canada, Rockingham Park, and Prarie Meadows have the rail. Prarie Meadows does not have a temporary rail like the Meadowlands.
@MsDancegenie I personally worked with harness racers that a friend owns. They take good care of their horses and, yes, they push them to give their best but the horses LOVE it. They love to go out on the track and just get to run. They sale retired racers to be casual riding horses. They simply can't afford to keep horses who preform poorly. Just because SOME owners are bad and only in it for profit doesn't mean all of them are. Yes, there are dangers but all sports involve risks.
The horses are less likely to have issues from harness racing then they do with regular racing Throughbreds have skinny legs that often break Standardbreds are very durable horses and always have at least 2 hooves touching the ground which makes it less dangerous to the horse. I own a Harness Racer and yes there are accidents but accidents happen no matter what sport you do or what happens in life!
cela me fais penser a l'accident de mon cousin Serge Turenne en 2001 a l'hippodrome de trois-riviere sauf que lui il est mort sur le coup, ça été un criss de choc pour tous le monde.love you cousin xoxo
@FranziSchnulli Wenn du mal genau hinschaust ... es wurde versucht, die Pferde noch umzulenken, aber einen Traber in voller Geschwindigkeit noch um so einen Unfall drumrumzulenken ist aussichtslos, die Pferde traben mit Geschwindigkeiten zwischen 40 und 50km die Stunde. Im Grunde genommen hätten sie ca. 10 - 15m Abstand zum stürzenden Pferd gebraucht, um Anhalten oder Ausweichen zu können - das waren aber nur höchsten 5m!
@DPSVDV drivers...i'm sorry i was complementing the video and you choose to correct that? I enjoy standardbreds and harness racing and you make it seem terrible that I said jockeys not drivers. Please don't tell me you sit at the computer correcting people's comments.
Your right, but i have worked along side race horses for years. They will get up and keep running if they are injured. Go For Wand broke her leg and kept running. let me name some Barbaro, Ruffian, Sharp Beauty (who died) and many more.
If you think americans are crap at english style riding then thats up to you. The English are generally quite good at it! But that has nothing to do with the fact that this kind of racing is very dangerous. If 1 horse falls, anything behind it also falls..same in flat racing. In jump racing the horses stand a better chance of getting themselves out of the way.
@Colleen4207 um just to tell you, that kind of bred do trot like that from birth. we bred them. they are bred to spred their hindlegs so they can pass on the outside of the frontlegs, this is how they can trot so fast. and yes they do this from birth. i've seen seen foals 1 or two days old do it. it is natural to them. i'm not trying to put you down or anything, it's your right to have your own opinion. just wanted you to know that it's natural to them
@shinyp0nyta exactly, people dont realize how much work every jockey puts into their weight they work out and eat healthy and all jockeys must be weighed before and after each race, both harness and flat track.
this type of accidents aren't so frequently...it's really sad that this sports is knew only in this terrible moments, because is one of most exciting sports that exist, for my opinion...and I assure you that riding horses living as kings....at least where I work... excuse me for my terrible english...I'm italian
The horses immeadiatelty get up because one, they don't know WHAT the hell just happened. Two, if a horse breaks its two front legs, it's done. It's usually put down. And three, they're trying to not get trampled by the other horses.
Its not the percentage of falls...its the speed at which the horses are travelling at. You don't grasp the concept. Jump racing involves lower speeds. Lower speeds allow following horses to move out of the way.
I'm not completely certain but Im pretty sureall the drivers were okay and none of the horses ended dieing from the last wreck on the video if any one wanted to know.
lol i do thissport but with my little mini and we arent allowed 2 hit them and theres been no crashes as our races are juzz fun races and not hard out 2 win like 60 thousand dollars
it doesnt mean all of them are idiots, so dont judge when you dont even know what you're talking about! I, started with riding, coz its sometimes cruel, really, i am now starting trotting, and yes, horse would NOT trot fast, if you dont treat them right,they would canter/gallop so easily! So, judge AFTER you know everything.. Make sure you're always right and the best : ) Okay,i have said what i wanted, k thanks bye.
Well said. the last video i saw all the comments said "hahaha those are so funny" i left a comment saying that those horses were shot and killed so it's not really funny. Oh wait the idiots who left those comments were NASCAR drivers and NOT jockeys. My friend is training to be a jockey so if you have any tips you can PM me and i will get them to her. i grew up next to a training/breeding yard for race horses. there nice animals. i love their company, there better than humans.
dangerous sport, but not nearly as bad as thouroughbread racing. thats why i like harness better. that wreck at 1:20 is at my home track. my dad was working there when it happened. the guy that got pinned to the rail had to be taken to the hospital. worst wreck the Meadows ever had
I hate this type of horse racing, I prefer the one where the jockey is on their backs :L Atleast in flat and steeple chase racing they can throw the jockey off if they get distressed and break free somewhere. But in this type of racing, they can't go anywhere :/
I race Quarter Horses and there are more accidents out there than this but accidentsw happen the horses WANT to run and if you know how a horse actually thinks then you know that if they dont want to run they will fake they are hurt. My horses do it all the time and we dont take chances when they do that even if nothing is really wrong. Basically this is saying that we shouldnt drive cars because accidents happen. Equestrian sports are dangerous but people just have to get used to its not abuse.
@355jugglers: Correction. Thoroughbred Racing is known as the "Sport of Kings". Harness racing has long been known as the "Sport of the People" because almost anyone who has the desire and drive can be involved with the sport. Check out the USTA's (United States Trotting Association) site. ustrotting dot comm
Pretty sure they dont use standardbreds as event horses but yes generally people import stock from other countries for breeding purposes. And I merely stated the english have many high calibre event horses amongst other types in response to you stating they mostly have push putton ponies! But if you ship so many of your 'real' horses over to the U.K then obviously they have had the pleasure of seeing what a real horse actually looks like compared to the pretend ones they are used to!
i'm not against the sport at all, i love flat and jump racing myself but i do worry that these harness horses have accidents and cannot free themselves. the last accident shown here proves my point as the horses are trapped on the ground in their harness'.
For example Overdose, Seabisciut, Manowar, Ravens Pass, Duke of Marnelade and so on ... they all were great ... and they never hit the ground ... I suppose that people like to see the bad sides, because thats a good basic for thinking: "oh my good, did you see this bad accident? It happens because horse racing is bad and foolish" That is foolish.
what dog agilty is abuse? :O Do you horse ride? do you know how worked up horses get if they don't do this sort of thing? The more inhumane thing is when people like you try to stop animals doing what they love, dogs want to run around a park so you put a halty on them, horses want to gallop and jump and instead they are confined to fields. how would you feel not being able to go outside your house and garden and do what ever your favourite activity is?
All horses are unpredictable.. you don't have to work with dangerous horses to appreciate what a real horse is.Some may define a real horse as talented and well-mannered.I just don't think it is appropriate or justfied to state that most english only deal with 'push-button ponies'.Where did you get that fact from?!
The english have some of the best horses in the world as far as 3DE goes. Thats why people come from all over the world to try and complete against the english at the likes of Badminton etc. Last time I checked they were real horses too!
@DPSVDV I dont see how my comment makes me a dumb ass. I know a trotter trainer, he's a very close family friend and I'm allowed to not like a sport if I dont want to. The straps in my opinion just make it harder for a horse to recover if they fall. I'm not saying they hurt the horse or anything. just saying if a horse trips the straps would make it harder to keep its feet. I'm not saying to ban it or stop it for christs sake so just take a chill pill.
@DPSVDV whoopdee doo for free legged - never seen one of those in australia which is coincidently where I live Mr Canadian. There's a big wide world outside of the bubble you live in. Sorry to be rude but I'm not a moron - I was making comments about leg straps being dangerous not about the sport of trotting or pacing.
Not every trainer is like that, some actually want to be the fastest. Just like showjumpers want to jump the highest, dressage riders want the most eligant, cross country riders want the ideal time. Every horse sport is pointless, every horse sport is bad to horses. jumping hurts their legs, dressage hurts their backs.
If you got in an accident with your horse in a trailer, it could be horrible for your horse. I have seen horses get his their legs caught in fences, stalls, and corral pannels. I watched a horse panic and run through a fence and drive a board into his chest and out his shoulder. Is that abuse? So we should never put our horses in trailers, stalls, pastures, or corrals, because accidents happen? You are placing a very fuzzy line between tragic accidents and abuse.
All horse and dog racing is cruel and very dangerous, these horses just break down because they are pushed over their limits. Dog racing is just as bad, the conditions in which they are kept is disgraceful. Kept in small cages until the next race.All these animals are used like machines to get the fastest times possible. Some race horses are put to the test when they are about 1.5 to 2yrs of age! They are pushed and pushed, some just break down and end up being destroyed or sent to slaughter.
@Colleen4207 You weren't born knowing how to walk at all. Doesn't mean teaching you is cruel. I can show you videos of cruel and disgusting, but this isn't one of them.
if it's such a dangerous sport why do humans put horses through it. It's one thing to risk your own life it's another to risk somebody else's life even if they are a horse!
i dont like harness racing its obviously FIXED! Yesterday i got to watch this pig whip the horse but pull back at the same time...then the other horse catches up with him and he has a chance but instead he decides to not even whip the horse for the last few strides.
division table in the first acceent was my horse, there legs are not tied together. They are pacers and they wear hobbles to help them stay on gate. free legged pacers are a rare site because if they do not have hobbles on they run when they have to go faster. hobbes only keep them on gate and are sized according to how long the horses gate is.
they do not hider them in any way just keep them on the pace.
I do like how the jockeys who were okay out of the accident stayed near the horses and the emergency people and trainers remained calm keeping the horses calm
oh please, i'm enjoying this great conversation with such a brilliant mind as yours......don't forget who responded first...... peace out
I use to drive many years ago and its rare that accidents happen. I can assure you horses are never abused. If they are the track vets will report any kind of abuse and the stable would either be fined or suspended or both. I know some of those horses had to be put down....its happens. Its hard to avoid accidents because you really cannot see directly in front of horse.
It also could happen running through the open field.
Horrifying and accurate. I was a Harness track outrider for 20 years, and amazingly enough, the majority of these horses DO get up and walk away w/ minor injuries, as hard as it is to believe. But, nevertheless, I grew to hate it and am glad to be mostly out of the business. Wonderful, wonderful, animals, these Standardbreds.
To people who don't understand the sport it can appear fixed.
You need to pull back on your horse during a race for many reasons. One reason is that you have to ration out the mile or you will lose big time. If you let your horse go as fast as it can it will certainly be out in front for a while, but will run out of steam before the mile is up and fall to last.
Another reason to hold your horse back is to prevent a speed-break. That is when your horse gets ahead of itself and breaks stride.
and yes, i was trotting with my mare when we falled down, on winter.. She didnt hurt or got injured.. She LOVES trotting! : )
@222frankel I love animals too, and my favourite animal is the horse.I work in a racing stable and I`m sure that I love these animals as much as you do.Accidents can happen in every sport and it`s very sad when these dramatic accidents happen.I rode for the first time when I was two years old and have ever since lived for these animals.Please don`t judge everybody just because you find some cruel people out in the world.Most of us treat our horses well.
i'm all for horse sports (i own an eventer) but i've never been a fan of pacing/trotting just because of the straps on their legs. make's it so much easier for them to fall *shudder* scares the heck out of me watching a race. I always hold my breath until they're all safely under the wire.
hope that the horses and jocks were alright!
Yes, I know. Nothing bad about harness racing. My point was just that the harness it self can mean more complications to a fallen horse. Thoroughbreds get banged up, but they aren't attached to harnesses that can tangle the horses when they fall.
did you ever rode a TB ? they want to go fast ,they LOVE racing ,when they see a free track you will have much to do to stop them from running
The vid at 1:21, did any horses survive besides the one that won?
OMG how did the last accident go?
Where was this and did any of those horses survive??
@123Secretariat care to explain why harness racing is more dangerous than for example showjumping or barrelracing? i'm not trying to to be mean or anything, but i work with it, and it really isn't more dangerous than any other sport involving live animals
Were the horses okay? i probably would have freaked out if i owned a horse and they broke down.
for one thing. i have standardbreds and most of them love to race. they just do. when they see that track and know its race time their whole personalities change. they know its time to go fast. its fun for them. wrecks happen. but believe me, they are rare. its not something you see every day.
@Colleen4207 That's not correct. If you ever see standard-bred foals in the paddock many of them pace from the time they get up. They do indeed pace from birth. When they are "gaited" the pace is reinforced with hobbles to make them feel more comfortable doing it at speed.
i was in harness racing for over 20 years and had 1 accident...the horse in front of me fell down and i went over his tire and got run over by 3 horses and suffered a broken shoulder..thank god the drivers behind me were experienced...it could have been worse...but most of the time the horse are ok and the drivers get hurt
Wow, that's good to know, because the horses buried under the pile of debris (at the very end of the video) look like they're struggling or in their death throes, poor things. What a mess!! Where was that particular race (at the end of the video) and when?
is the first clip at mohawk/woodbine?
That is part-way true. From what i've seen, Northlands Park in Canada, Rockingham Park, and Prarie Meadows have the rail. Prarie Meadows does not have a temporary rail like the Meadowlands.
How many horses died in this race (or how many were put down??????)
This shows that accidents happen even in trotting and pceing races!
The horses reacted faster to avoid the obstical then the drivers.. cool.
@MsDancegenie I personally worked with harness racers that a friend owns. They take good care of their horses and, yes, they push them to give their best but the horses LOVE it. They love to go out on the track and just get to run. They sale retired racers to be casual riding horses. They simply can't afford to keep horses who preform poorly. Just because SOME owners are bad and only in it for profit doesn't mean all of them are. Yes, there are dangers but all sports involve risks.
The horses are less likely to have issues from harness racing then they do with regular racing Throughbreds have skinny legs that often break Standardbreds are very durable horses and always have at least 2 hooves touching the ground which makes it less dangerous to the horse. I own a Harness Racer and yes there are accidents but accidents happen no matter what sport you do or what happens in life!
cela me fais penser a l'accident de mon cousin Serge Turenne en 2001 a l'hippodrome de trois-riviere sauf que lui il est mort sur le coup, ça été un criss de choc pour tous le monde.love you cousin xoxo
@FranziSchnulli
Wenn du mal genau hinschaust ... es wurde versucht, die Pferde noch umzulenken, aber einen Traber in voller Geschwindigkeit noch um so einen Unfall drumrumzulenken ist aussichtslos, die Pferde traben mit Geschwindigkeiten zwischen 40 und 50km die Stunde. Im Grunde genommen hätten sie ca. 10 - 15m Abstand zum stürzenden Pferd gebraucht, um Anhalten oder Ausweichen zu können - das waren aber nur höchsten 5m!
@DPSVDV drivers...i'm sorry i was complementing the video and you choose to correct that? I enjoy standardbreds and harness racing and you make it seem terrible that I said jockeys not drivers. Please don't tell me you sit at the computer correcting people's comments.
Using animals in sport is inhumane and also A B U S E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is exactly my point of view!! Thanks
wow thoses hub rails back then were dangerous
@funshipM174 Better than most people? Last time I checked most people don't get whipped, or sent to the abattoir if they are past their best.
I hope none of the horses were hurt. that looked horrific! UGH!
Your right, but i have worked along side race horses for years. They will get up and keep running if they are injured. Go For Wand broke her leg and kept running. let me name some Barbaro, Ruffian, Sharp Beauty (who died) and many more.
If you think americans are crap at english style riding then thats up to you. The English are generally quite good at it! But that has nothing to do with the fact that this kind of racing is very dangerous. If 1 horse falls, anything behind it also falls..same in flat racing. In jump racing the horses stand a better chance of getting themselves out of the way.
Probs not people underestimate horses all the time
@Colleen4207 um just to tell you, that kind of bred do trot like that from birth. we bred them. they are bred to spred their hindlegs so they can pass on the outside of the frontlegs, this is how they can trot so fast. and yes they do this from birth. i've seen seen foals 1 or two days old do it. it is natural to them. i'm not trying to put you down or anything, it's your right to have your own opinion. just wanted you to know that it's natural to them
Poor animals, they aren't given the choice to be on the track or not. Hope none of them got hurt.
@shinyp0nyta exactly, people dont realize how much work every jockey puts into their weight they work out and eat healthy and all jockeys must be weighed before and after each race, both harness and flat track.
this type of accidents aren't so frequently...it's really sad that this sports is knew only in this terrible moments, because is one of most exciting sports that exist, for my opinion...and I assure you that riding horses living as kings....at least where I work...
excuse me for my terrible english...I'm italian
at least in thoroughbred racing they aren't harnessed. Looks like tough going...
They all just get back up. Good horses ;)
Yes this is a sport. And yes accidents will happen and horses are 1200 pound animals that can be unpredictable.
I´ve never seen that happen in swedish horse racing.
i wanna be a racing/steeplechase jockey, but i have a long way to go.....
The horses immeadiatelty get up because one, they don't know WHAT the hell just happened. Two, if a horse breaks its two front legs, it's done. It's usually put down. And three, they're trying to not get trampled by the other horses.
Most trotters and pacers can trot/ pace the same speed as galloping thoughroughbreds
Its not the percentage of falls...its the speed at which the horses are travelling at. You don't grasp the concept. Jump racing involves lower speeds. Lower speeds allow following horses to move out of the way.
I'm not completely certain but Im pretty sureall the drivers were okay and none of the horses ended dieing from the last wreck on the video if any one wanted to know.
in part 1.35 does horses die? :0
lol i do thissport but with my little mini and we arent allowed 2 hit them and theres been no crashes as our races are juzz fun races and not hard out 2 win like 60 thousand dollars
That last clip was kinda funny, until I saw the driver got hurt then I stopped laughing
it doesnt mean all of them are idiots, so dont judge when you dont even know what you're talking about! I, started with riding, coz its sometimes cruel, really, i am now starting trotting, and yes, horse would NOT trot fast, if you dont treat them right,they would canter/gallop so easily! So, judge AFTER you know everything.. Make sure you're always right and the best : ) Okay,i have said what i wanted, k thanks bye.
1:42 poor horses!
Well said. the last video i saw all the comments said "hahaha those are so funny" i left a comment saying that those horses were shot and killed so it's not really funny. Oh wait the idiots who left those comments were NASCAR drivers and NOT jockeys. My friend is training to be a jockey so if you have any tips you can PM me and i will get them to her. i grew up next to a training/breeding yard for race horses. there nice animals. i love their company, there better than humans.
"knowitall", they rarely shoot them. They are humanely euthanized with drugs.
@shinyp0nyta Yes they love to race in the wild,not around tracks just so they're rider and shit can earn some money.
dangerous sport, but not nearly as bad as thouroughbread racing. thats why i like harness better. that wreck at 1:20 is at my home track. my dad was working there when it happened. the guy that got pinned to the rail had to be taken to the hospital. worst wreck the Meadows ever had
I dont want to happen anything to my horses!! Helex works in track and Andy works in Monté
I hate this type of horse racing, I prefer the one where the jockey is on their backs :L Atleast in flat and steeple chase racing they can throw the jockey off if they get distressed and break free somewhere. But in this type of racing, they can't go anywhere :/
I love horse racing
The Sport of Kings.
I race Quarter Horses and there are more accidents out there than this but accidentsw happen the horses WANT to run and if you know how a horse actually thinks then you know that if they dont want to run they will fake they are hurt. My horses do it all the time and we dont take chances when they do that even if nothing is really wrong. Basically this is saying that we shouldnt drive cars because accidents happen. Equestrian sports are dangerous but people just have to get used to its not abuse.
God thats horrible. Did you see the horses leg move. I bet it had to be put down. It looked like it was being crushed.
terrible. poor horses and drivers.
I hope none of the horses got hurt??
@355jugglers: Correction. Thoroughbred Racing is known as the "Sport of Kings".
Harness racing has long been known as the "Sport of the People" because almost anyone who has the desire and drive can be involved with the sport.
Check out the USTA's (United States Trotting Association) site.
ustrotting dot comm
Pretty sure they dont use standardbreds as event horses but yes generally people import stock from other countries for breeding purposes. And I merely stated the english have many high calibre event horses amongst other types in response to you stating they mostly have push putton ponies! But if you ship so many of your 'real' horses over to the U.K then obviously they have had the pleasure of seeing what a real horse actually looks like compared to the pretend ones they are used to!
i'm not against the sport at all, i love flat and jump racing myself but i do worry that these harness horses have accidents and cannot free themselves. the last accident shown here proves my point as the horses are trapped on the ground in their harness'.
@Colleen4207 guess what they do trot from birth they have to be trained to pace
For example Overdose, Seabisciut, Manowar, Ravens Pass, Duke of Marnelade and so on ... they all were great ... and they never hit the ground ...
I suppose that people like to see the bad sides, because thats a good basic for thinking: "oh my good, did you see this bad accident? It happens because horse racing is bad and foolish" That is foolish.
the horses are fine my cat fell 2 stories got up walked around in circles and then went inside and was fine just a little dazed
Poor horses😢😢😢🐎🐎🐎🐎
I hope no horses were hurt.
what dog agilty is abuse? :O Do you horse ride? do you know how worked up horses get if they don't do this sort of thing? The more inhumane thing is when people like you try to stop animals doing what they love, dogs want to run around a park so you put a halty on them, horses want to gallop and jump and instead they are confined to fields. how would you feel not being able to go outside your house and garden and do what ever your favourite activity is?
I don't think that all horses survived!!!!
All horses are unpredictable.. you don't have to work with dangerous horses to appreciate what a real horse is.Some may define a real horse as talented and well-mannered.I just don't think it is appropriate or justfied to state that most english only deal with 'push-button ponies'.Where did you get that fact from?!
Uuhh....because they have no soul. Don't tell me you think animals have a soul....You probably believe in Santa Claus, too.
The english have some of the best horses in the world as far as 3DE goes. Thats why people come from all over the world to try and complete against the english at the likes of Badminton etc. Last time I checked they were real horses too!
@Animania1995 Any type of animal would rather be free in the wild,then stuck with humans.
@DPSVDV I dont see how my comment makes me a dumb ass. I know a trotter trainer, he's a very close family friend and I'm allowed to not like a sport if I dont want to. The straps in my opinion just make it harder for a horse to recover if they fall. I'm not saying they hurt the horse or anything. just saying if a horse trips the straps would make it harder to keep its feet. I'm not saying to ban it or stop it for christs sake so just take a chill pill.
cool!!!!
but the carts make it much more dangrous i watch throughobreds raase all the time they goo just fine
@DPSVDV whoopdee doo for free legged - never seen one of those in australia which is coincidently where I live Mr Canadian. There's a big wide world outside of the bubble you live in. Sorry to be rude but I'm not a moron - I was making comments about leg straps being dangerous not about the sport of trotting or pacing.
Not every trainer is like that, some actually want to be the fastest. Just like showjumpers want to jump the highest, dressage riders want the most eligant, cross country riders want the ideal time. Every horse sport is pointless, every horse sport is bad to horses. jumping hurts their legs, dressage hurts their backs.
This is one of the reasons I do not support racing, the other is over breeding!
If you got in an accident with your horse in a trailer, it could be horrible for your horse. I have seen horses get his their legs caught in fences, stalls, and corral pannels. I watched a horse panic and run through a fence and drive a board into his chest and out his shoulder. Is that abuse?
So we should never put our horses in trailers, stalls, pastures, or corrals, because accidents happen?
You are placing a very fuzzy line between tragic accidents and abuse.
i lold so hard @1.23
very poor horses :´(
355jugglers just for the record formula 1 racing is a little bit more expensive than horse racing. get your facts right.
i was a former driver and i am cripled till this day please "FLAG' AND DON'T WATCH
That's racing there will be wrecks
Yep, and same with cars as well.
All horse and dog racing is cruel and very dangerous, these horses just break down because they are pushed over their limits. Dog racing is just as bad, the conditions in which they are kept is disgraceful. Kept in small cages until the next race.All these animals are used like machines to get the fastest times possible. Some race horses are put to the test when they are about 1.5 to 2yrs of age! They are pushed and pushed, some just break down and end up being destroyed or sent to slaughter.
@Colleen4207 You weren't born knowing how to walk at all. Doesn't mean teaching you is cruel. I can show you videos of cruel and disgusting, but this isn't one of them.
Actually I have represented my country in three day eventing. 'At least 2 feet'...!!! LOL! Trying to be clever isn't getting you very far is it?
ok well horse racing isnt bad this stuff rarly happens but harness racing is more dangerous than thourobred racing
if it's such a dangerous sport why do humans put horses through it. It's one thing to risk your own life it's another to risk somebody else's life even if they are a horse!
Harness racing is just a terrible idea !
What an incredibly insane racing! It's a game between life and death rather than racing.
horses can fall at pasture, ninny. some of those drivers made some great saves!
i dont like harness racing its obviously FIXED! Yesterday i got to watch this pig whip the horse but pull back at the same time...then the other horse catches up with him and he has a chance but instead he decides to not even whip the horse for the last few strides.
poor horses :(
Absolutely it is horse abuse, anybody knows that this is horse abuse!!