I was spending some time with my friends parents and there was not only a huge party but all of them placed p2p bets on the horse racing. They asked me to come over as well, the ending was deeply sad and essential to cover : The horse died after winning of a heart attack.
The horse was presenting signs of heart attack on the camera but no one was actually even giving it a second thought and at the end when it was the last lap, all the horses got whipped excessively hard as well. That gets me to my point "why do you support horse racing?" This is honestly far to cruel to continue.
According the this site:
https://www.horsedeathwatch.com/background.php they have seen more than 2000 deaths in around 5500 days. Most of the horses die during the match as well, they also have instances where they are exploited using drugs (doping).
Are you aware that most of the horses go through slaughter as well? Some of them have very bad injuries making them not even the least bit useful for the business therefore they are killed without second thought. I do hope people would get more aware and try and steer away from *horse racing*.
It seems that like many things in life, horse racing can be done in a bad way or a good way. Horses have been ridden for many thousands of years and there is nothing to say that they are always mistreated. I think all coercive methods like whipping or kicking should be taken out when trying to make a horse ride faster, after that - why should we not allow horses to compete for speed. Even athletes can over do it when it comes to training or pushing the human body, to the point where their heart muscle becomes so powerful it is too much. More research should definitely be done into the topic and if appropriate the laws should be improved on their welfare, but banning it outright may be unnecessary.