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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  I wonder what they do with all of the colts, fillies, older horses, injured horses, etc that dont make the cut?? I am sure that there are not enough pet homes to take in injured horses off the track to go around. Maybe they just come out west and turn them loose kind of what they do to the greyhounds that dont make the cut. Lasix and Bute are still being used behind the scenes. |
Well with the colts and fillies I'm sure they go to someone that wants a horse for riding? Also alot of race horses that don't make the cut for racing go to those that jump, dressage, barrel racing ect...older horses are put to pasture and are used for riding to excerise the ones that do race and also used for a pasture buddy for young colts and fillies...and injured horses well some unfortunately have to be put down or they are given to a rescue ect...so many things you can do with horses that aren't cut out for racing that come from race farms...
Lots of things are done illegaly and that's with every form of competition even in the dog show world....
Donna