is this horse exploitation for profit and fit for national television?

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Permalink Reply by Linda White on September 10, 2011 at 10:24pm

Race horses are bred to run and they move barn to barn via claims races or sales. Some are loved by their owners, and others are kept only if they make money. 
As long as the horse is well trained and handled, I don't see why it's more exploitative than any activity in which we use horses for our entertainment.   I reserve my fury for people who breed their mares every year and then try to "give them to a good home" when they aren't producing foals any more. That's exploitative.  A woman tried to give me an old mare who was blind and had given them foals for 20 years. So this poor thing was going to have to leave the only home and herd she knew, go to a strange barn and fields, and would be incredibly vulnerable since she was blind and new to a herd.