No worse then horses trained at 2 for racing:( IMO. I don't believe race horses are as dependable of horses as they could be with less intense training to run at such a young age.
I've learned recently that in other countries they don't race horses that young. Only in America:)
If the animal rights people are going to go after the rodeo's they need to go after the racehorse industray as well, IMO.
Becky
I agree racers are started too young, and many are ruined by that. If I had to make a change, it would be to stop running two year olds.
Ex racers are a little nutty when they're still fresh, really they just don't know anything but run. The further they get from that, the better they do, if people realize they aren't really trained, just run ;~D