As a queen of lobbying against PETA and almost any animal RIGHTS (please note key word rights, I absolutely support animal welfare)...I truly thought I would hate this show, especially after the commercials.
However I am quite pleasantly surpised with the outcome. Every horse that fell, got up and ran away. I thought this was going to be bunny huggers haven(bunny huggers=animal rights nuts)...to advocate yet another agenda to bring about the end of horse racing. It wasn't.
I have to disagree that this was a disparging show on the industry, breathing a great sigh of relief....maybe from an insiders view it was lacking and may not attract people to come to watch and bet. But it did not show as it a cruel and inhumane sport. I am relieved after watching the first 2 episodes, we shall see at it develops, but it seems the concentration is really on the jockeys and not horses breaking down.
Unfortunately there are no politcal groups that reap millions of dollars on the exploitation of humans, just animals..so the drama of jocks being hurt just doesn't create an agenda for the animal rights nuts.
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