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Originally Posted by kgar311
Are you the new horse whisperer. I had a conversation with OB last month and she told me that she loved racing thats why she still wins. When did she tell you that she would rather hang out in a field and do nothing?
My whole point to this thread earlier was that I thought Oracle made it seem it was cruel to race a "race" horse. This is what they do. If she seemed hurt or was lacking on the race track I would say def. retire. But as far as I could tell she still has something in her so let her race. And as gator said horses do get depressed when taken off the racetrack or out of competition, its all they know.
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I'm not a horse whisperer, but I know horses and they race because we make them, it isn't something they would do on their own. I, nor Oracle, was inferring that racing was cruel, but rather that she has accomplished enough on the track to earn a nice retirement, and yes, it's a life horses love, THAT is what they were evolved to do. I have heard of horses pining away when taken from the track, but it's 9 out of 10 times geldings, they are managed completely different, mares LOVE being out in pasture, thats there natural life.