[News] Sport faces end of gambling cash in biggest crisis since tobacco ban

[dsr-burnley]

A school pal of mine was a stable boy who used to " ride out " many of the horses at Ryan Prices's stables in Findon, many of the horses were utter nightmares, he said one used to try to bite him while in the saddle on the Gallops while they were running ! plenty of others would kick and bite the moment you got in to range. So, not mentally sound for riding or trekking or a gymkhana horse for a 10 year old girl.

Thoroughbreds are no suitable for gymkhanas, first and foremost because they are too big and too clumsy to do the agility and acceleration that ponies can do.

Most children would be a lot older than 10 before they move up to big horses, thoroughbred or otherwise.

 

[Creaky]

How does it compare with the number of animals that die in beef cattle farming?

I've only been round two stud farms. Neither of them compared to the ones in the article. I've never seen them "in the act", though I understand it's pretty fierce and fearsome.

It’s a relatively tiny number in comparison - the difference is that cattle are being raised for food, (which doesn’t excuse some of the horrific cases of maltreatment that are reported), race horses however are bred purely for fun. I have no problem with breeding horses for meat so long as it is done humanely with good husbandry.

I have cared for rescue horses for decades and can assure you that if anything that article is light reading compared to some things I’ve seen.