Thread: Stampede 2012
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Old 07-13-2012, 01:03 AM   #413
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Originally Posted by Ironhorse View Post
100% correct. The chuck drivers treat their horses like family.

If, after their regular racing career is over, they don't go racing on the wagons (which they love to do), these horses typically are sent off to the packers.
Of course they treat them like family when they are making a tonne of money off of them. The better they treat them, the laster they long and the more money they can make.

I'd want to treat them as good as possible as well, but that doesn't mean the horses aren't facing some sort of abuse.
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