Horse racing is dangerous for the horses because as a prey animal they're naturally geared to sacrifice a bit of their health to stay alive.
Just speculating, but those extra red blood cells they have in their spleen might have something to do with their lungs bleeding.
goofy, small, stubborn horse.
one of the goats
whirl away
Bad Wigins wrote:
Horse racing is dangerous for the horses because as a prey animal they're naturally geared to sacrifice a bit of their health to stay alive.
Just speculating, but those extra red blood cells they have in their spleen might have something to do with their lungs bleeding.
dehydration and cracking of tiny blood vessels is my speculation.
try hyperventilating pulling in as much air as you can and exhale fast. through the mouth.
do that for 80 breaths. hard.
then see how your throat feels.
longjack wrote:
Bad Wigins wrote:
Horse racing is dangerous for the horses because as a prey animal they're naturally geared to sacrifice a bit of their health to stay alive.
Just speculating, but those extra red blood cells they have in their spleen might have something to do with their lungs bleeding.
dehydration and cracking of tiny blood vessels is my speculation.
try hyperventilating pulling in as much air as you can and exhale fast. through the mouth.
do that for 80 breaths. hard.
then see how your throat feels.
or do a hard 10 mile time trial at altitude and you get that glorious bloody nose taste in your mouth. or maybe im the only one who actually red lined to that point
I feel sorry for them. A lot of them get put down, all for entertainment. Not sure it's OK in this day and age. The injuries can be horrible and then they are killed.
basically
all you do is eat, train rest like a king
then go to stud and mate with the best very often
then die.
what more do you want?
look to the trainer wrote:
I wouldn't blame Medina Spirit for this. I truly think that when the dust settles, we'll find that his trainers doped him without his knowledge. Not trying to make excuses or shift blame, but I can really see this happening.
I AGREE 100% Medina Spirit has a great sense of Fair Play in Sports and has Morals, Ethics and Principles Beyond Reproach.
dog doggy dogg wrote:
Guess it's not just human distance runners on the sauce...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/horses/triple/derby/2021/05/09/kentucky-derby-winner-medina-spirit-tests-positive/5013445001/
That would be cool to see the Kentucky derby ran with everyone in lingerie.
longjack wrote:
basically
all you do is eat, train rest like a king
then go to stud and mate with the best very often
then die.
what more do you want?
Only if you are a top horse. Most are not.
longjack wrote:
in 1931 twenty grand ran 201 in the derby.
no horse has broken 201 since 2000.
including the so called doped to gills race horses.
science has done zero for horse racing.
Wow. That is unbelievable. You think they would know how to train the horses better by now.
longjack wrote:
if you trained and bred people like race horses, you would have an entirely new scenario.
like a 137 800m,
a 337 mile.
crazy but true.
keep breeding for several decades years and you hit the wall.
Explains Webb’s oversized noggin
Baffert claiming a groom took cough medicine then urinated on the hay and the horse ate it.
Not quite the Tyler chimera story but A- for creativity
soundsfamiliar2 wrote:
Baffert claiming a groom took cough medicine then urinated on the hay and the horse ate it.
Not quite the Tyler chimera story but A- for creativity
If you ever worked at a track and saw the typical groom this would be the first thing you suspected.
wejo wrote:
longjack wrote:
in 1931 twenty grand ran 201 in the derby.
no horse has broken 201 since 2000.
including the so called doped to gills race horses.
science has done zero for horse racing.
Wow. That is unbelievable. You think they would know how to train the horses better by now.
You don't know anything about horses. They are born with almost all their ability. Training makes virtually no difference. In Japan they do much more training and intervals etc and their horses run no faster.
Most horses also can't mentally cope with "real" training. It sours them mentally and they stop trying.
I would think the breeding would make a difference.
5 generations of super selective breeding does not produce better talent? Dogs develop almost entirely in this time.
lookism wrote:
I would think the breeding would make a difference.
5 generations of super selective breeding does not produce better talent? Dogs develop almost entirely in this time.
It did but it maxed out about 40-75 years ago Thoroughbreds have been selectively bred for hundred s of years and the stud book closed years ago. There is nothing more that can be added to make them better.
Standardbreds on the other hand have developed for longer and set records more recently.
Good afternoon. Is betting on horse races profitable?
Betting is always very profitable if you know what you are doing. An old acquaintance of mine has been doing it for a long time and is about to open his own betting office. This subject requires a lengthy study, and it is pretty costly. But if you achieve what you want, you can be called a successful person. My acquaintance happened to come across https://bossaction.com, which provides software for such platforms. Now his business is in an active stage of development, and hopefully, soon, his project will work, and I will be able to bet with him.
stan the corgi wrote:
The difference between horse racing and distance running is that the horse does not have a choice. The "sport" is totally abusive.
Not true!! Medina Spirit must be held accountable for his doping!
Don’t shift the blame!!!
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