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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
I don't get why it always has to be a horrible death in the glue factory and a horrible death racing.
How about a life with no horrible death?
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That would be ideal, but as I understand it, all of these horses would have been long dead if not for the Chuckwagon racers.
From
this article:
"The truth is, the chucks save the lives of thousands of horses. Thoroughbreds are used for the chucks. Horses that are bought of race tracks around the continent. Horse racing is a game for 2-5 year old ponies. Once they’re older than that, they’re not worth racing with jockeys anymore.
Most of the horses are sold to Europeans who turn the track castoffs into food. Chuckwagon riders buy as many horses as they can, and let them run."
It's terrible that these horses died. No one feels worse about it than the guys in charge of the outfits. But I don't think the problem is with the fact that there are chuckwagon races.