[SamAdams76]

Racing horses is wrong in my opinion. I'm no tree-hugging PETA type, I just think it's demeaning to the animals. If people want to have a road race, throw on a pair of sneakers and use your own body to run a race. And those jockeys are kind of strange - there's just something a little bit...off - with them.

As for the current controversy, didn't this Google Chrome horse come in fourth? So the horse would have lost the race anyhow it appears to me.

[vharlow]

Horses were born to run! It’s what they love to do. Jockeys are possibly the toughest athletes on earth, and they risk their lives every day loving it! I have more respect for them any day than lots of other athletes with big names and huge salaries. They work hard, and compete for every cent they earn.

[Nepeta]

Racing horses is wrong in my opinion. I'm no tree-hugging PETA type, I just think it's demeaning to the animals. If people want to have a road race, throw on a pair of sneakers and use your own body to run a race.

You must have no contact with racehorses.

They don't run because they are being flogged (go back and look at the Kentucky Derby--California Chrome ran without feeling the whip)in many countries whips are forbidden, but they still have horseracing.

Sit on the back of one of these animals, and you will understand why they run--the best of them are highly competitive. All you need to do is hiss in their ears and they will go faster.

Without racing, these animals would not exist.