The Social Affairs Unit - Web Review: Euthanasia and the Sport of Kings: The racing industry should run older horses

The Social Affairs Unit - Web Review: Euthanasia and the Sport of Kings: The racing industry should run older horses

Joyce Lee Malcolm writes: "As a horse owner and backyard rider even I know that until a horse is four years old his bones are still developing. The racing industry needs to grant these animals another year before pushing them onto the track.... And the trend toward speed rather than stamina should stop. These horses are now designed for shorter and shorter racing careers, their solid torsos balanced on long, fragile legs. Like American cars built of fiberglass for better mileage, their bones are light for speed, but woe betide you in an accident."