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Old 09-12-2013, 10:58 PM
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Can somebody please refer me to some literature that talks about how horses often are healthy when they race regularly as 2YO's. Already I have seen comments that, "racing places unreasonable demands on young horses, they are still developing physically and the sport pushes on them too much to race and causes breakdowns."

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The idea that racing places unreasonable demands on young horses is nonsense. Horses do not develop the physical traits that they need as racehorses without training. They do not develop mentally nor do they receive the experience they will need without racing. Do human athletes not compete while they are physically developing?

It is probably a waste of time to try to counter or debate with those who hold ridiculous beliefs about horses because generally they are too stupid to understand that they don't understand. One of the worst things about the internet is the realization of how many really idiotic people exist in the world.
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Old 09-13-2013, 05:49 AM
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The idea that racing places unreasonable demands on young horses is nonsense. Horses do not develop the physical traits that they need as racehorses without training. They do not develop mentally nor do they receive the experience they will need without racing. Do human athletes not compete while they are physically developing?

It is probably a waste of time to try to counter or debate with those who hold ridiculous beliefs about horses because generally they are too stupid to understand that they don't understand. One of the worst things about the internet is the realization of how many really idiotic people exist in the world.
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