i would never do that to a horse at all i will make sure i know the dressage part first then go to my sport jumping but to me as long as i have a horse i am soooooo happy if not i get very crancky. and yes when jumpers ride they have to stand in the sturups which yes alot don't cause i'll tell you. most ppl would rather jump the dressage part and start jumping but you need dressage before you start anything
Originally posted by Kes
Ok, I dont know the name. But the one I'm talking about is a race, where they go around. But have obstacles 😖
But yeh, they are all awful. I saw once in a sketch that had accidents, they show a cross country where the horse broke both legs in a jump. When he landed...I cringed when I saw that! I never cringe!
i do steeplechase cry, well somehing very similar to it
ur all making me feel so bad
Originally posted by Darth Revan
Yes, it is very hard on them. For one thing, they break race horses when they're like a year and a half or two years old. This in itself is hard on a horse--think of it as forcing a toddler to learn how to work on a farm or something. Most of the damage is really mental, because by the time they retire they're usually no older than four or five years old. There's this stigma attached to horses "off the track", and for good reason because they are often scared of humans or other horses, they don't want to settle down and really work instead of just galloping... I could go on and on.
yes, the breaking at an early age is pretty bad on they're spinal chord, and then when theyre older they develop sway back. 😬
you can think of it as teacher a todler, bujt horses grow at an extremely faster pace than humans, so by age 3 they're about as mature as a 20 year old.
yes, this stigma is common in alot of racehorses once they retire, but they sometimes are used to teach other new horses, so they are still breaking out of the stating gate and running around the track. but, some retired race horses are often sucessfully trained to because show jumpers and dressage horses.
I have a question here. I'm no farmer, cowboy, or horse lover, but I wondered why when Barbasol, or whatever its name was, broke its leg in 3 places at The Preakness, that they were going to euthanize him right then and there on the track. They ultimately changed their minds, but why is that the initial thought: That they give him the lethal injection right behind a green curtain in front of the fans?