[HairOfTheDog]

I am not proud of this stupid race. There are occasional accidents and injuries in any sport.... But this is not an accident, it's the intentional sacrifice of good animals who trusted their riders when they said "Go".

Ping!

[Esther Ruth]

This makes me think of the scene from the movie "The Man from Snowy River". It is the best part of the movie, toward the end he is driving a bunch of wild horses back to a ranch and they all go over the edge of a huge ridge and down on a very steep angle, dozens of horses, and he follows in his horse, best part of the movie!!!

[sinkspur]

I am not proud of this stupid race. There are occasional accidents and injuries in any sport.... But this is not an accident, it's the intentional sacrifice of good animals who trusted their riders when they said "Go".

It taints all equine sport. Most horse owners are responsible.

Many of these "fan events" involve liquored-up participants who are only vaguely aware of what's going on.

[FITZ]

But this is not an accident, it's the intentional sacrifice of good animals who trusted their riders when they said "Go".

It looks to me that most of these riders have whips --- the horse has no real choice to trust or not trust --- this looks worse to me than dog fighting where at least the dogs are both eager to rip the throat out of the other.