The Health Benefits Of Horse Racing

To be a highly skilled barrel racer it takes far more than just agility, strength, and trust from both the horse and its rider. As with any sport there will be ups and downs, I have seen that with my daughter and all of the injuries she has sustained. Every aspect of this sport requires that each rider establishes an unquestionable bond and has intense level of trust with the horse to be ridden. Without that bond and high degree of trust between both horse and rider there will not be any success attained. From the amount time that each rider puts into extended practices, maintenance, and travel for this sport there are great lessons to be learned. Lessons that will last a lifetime and maybe even lessons that will be passed down to the next generation of Barrel Racer. From all that I have learned and witnessed with observing this sport in the end all horse riders will say the same thing. That all of the pain and suffering is worth it, basically because each person simply gets to do something they love, enjoy, and something they have fun doing. To me that is what sports are all about. Whether it is riding a horse everyday for a year straight or putting on shoulder pads and a helmet on the gridiron, if you are doing something you love there is nothing greater in this

People who deliberately chose to plan their recreation around the same animals they spend long hours working with developed rodeo. Rodeo was designed with thorough knowledge and respect of the animal’s capabilities and limitations. Who would know a horses or bulls capability better than someone that works with them everyday? We wouldn’t use or ride an animal that couldn’t perform the task needed to get the job done. These animals were built for work. They were not put on this earth to stand in a field and become lawn ornaments. Most rodeo contestants have a great deal of respect and love for these animals they work with and it’s a huge insult to those people who say they are recklessly endangering the lives of these animals. PETA has been pretty lose with their accusations of physical abuse to rodeo animals and cite very rare

First off when purchasing your horse you have to watch for proper balance. Balance is arguably the most important aspect when examining a horse since it is fundamental for both movement and performance, this is determined by the horse's bone structure.(Duberstein) Some aspects that play a role in determining the balance includes the horse's weight along with the proportions and angles of the body. A horse can be light weighted or heavy weighted and still balanced if its bone structure allows for equal distribution of that weight. Appropriate balance of a horse allows it to carry itself in a well mannered fashion.("Test Your Eye for Horse Conformation") Along with a horse's balance, structural correctness plays a major role in

Once you buy a racehorse and join the thrilling world of horseracing, you’ll have to face two different outcomes: one, you’ll end up making a fortune or two, you’ll end up losing a huge amount of money in an

They are hurting the horse more than helping it in the long run. There are dozens of illegal drugs in the race horse industry. My main focus is five of them, Anabolic Steroids, Corticost Steroids, Milkshake, Lasiks and Aces(Gustafson, 2008). These drugs are used for many different things to build up muscle, take down swelling, to make a horse’s performance better, internal bleeding into the lungs, causing, what people call bleeders and to almost make then zone out, or not make them act all crazy. These drugs could be masking a very simple problem that could be fixed or making an even bigger problem

Horse’s have developed into highly specialised locomotor machines. Modified themselves to travel long distances at a moderate speeds and capability of shorter distances at higher speeds. The most efficient running machine that has evolved with many structural adaptions for untiring rapid progress on the ground so that they run long distances efficiently and changing of muscle size and grouping all suggests locomotor adaption (Williams, 2013).

Throughout the history of American Quarter horses the main issue of the industry is the extent amount of drug usage on horses. The use of drugs on horses can help for healing and speed up the time of injury recovering, yet most of the time drugs hurt the horses. Today, this abusive action has only increased since the founding of the association. Quarter horses are jeopardized by having drugs injected in them to gain endurance and speed, but people fail to mention the risks that can occur. Injecting horses with dangerous drugs can cause heart attacks that may cause death after their race.

“Thousands of Thoroughbred racehorses will have only a three to four year racing career if any at all. There may be no future for them at all and possibly slaughter.” Van De Motter said.

Thoroughbreds are beautiful horses mainly bred for their speed, agility, and spirit. These “Hot-Blooded” horses are mainly used for horseracing. The sport of horse racing is mainly simple, you have 8-24 horses and they run around a track the length of 1 mile. The main races of the year are the Triple Crown Races. They start with the Kentucky Derby, in Louisville, Kentucky, then the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Maryland, and lastly the Belmont Stakes in Elmont, Ney York. The Triple Crown started in the early 1900’s. There have only been 12 horses that have won all three, and overall won the Triple Crown. One of the most famous horses was Secretariat. When secretariat had won the Triple Crown he won the last race by a jaw dropping amount, 31 lengths in front of the runner up.

Wagering bets on horse races have been one of the main factors of an appeal that have kept this profession alive. The betting system used primarily in the United States has been used for hundreds of years where bidders get payoffs based on the odds against the horse they want to win. Bettors can wager not only on the winning horse, but they have the option of bidding on the horse that comes in first or second, the horses that come in second or third etc. and win a prize based on what they

Many times, people think of trail rides and the black stallion when they think of the horse industry. Soring taints the reputation of horse shows and trainers around the globe. Once a person has seen the horrific abuse and has been to a show, it is a sight that can never be unseen. It sticks in the mind and makes one wonder if all trainers use these techniques. When people begin to know the truth about what really goes into these shows, ticket sales and show attendance rates begin to decline. Animal abuse is something that many people feel strongly about and many are not willing to support it in any way. If they believe that some, or all, gaited horse trainers use these cruel methods, they may never attend shows or own a gaited horse. This means decreased revenue and a misunderstanding of the gaited

When many people approach a horse, they instantly feel cautious of their surroundings. These people tense up and become terrified because of the horse’s size, how they look, or just because they have heard of people being injured from horses. Many people are intimidated by how big some horses can be and they do not want to be around them. Horses are only thought to be a dangerous animal, but they have helped humans in many ways. For instance, they have helped with farm work that humans couldn’t have done by themselves, and they were a mode of human transportation for many years. The things horses have done for humans have helped in many ways, but horses have many other purposes that can help people out. Although many people agree

Dr Greg Bryan on-track vet from 2014 -2015, was ‘disgusted’ and tormented from the traumatic events that took place on the greyhound race course. As he reported, "I was disgusted by what I witnessed. I saw some horrific injuries and I saw some of the worst aspects of human behaviour too,". Drugged, tarnished and destroyed. These are only few words that describe the life a greyhound racer has to induce to survive. Imagine yourself being pushed into this industry at only 18 months’. Though out your life you are locked in a cage, made to train and race until you are too slow or are replaced by a younger dog. Averaging at the age of 5, you would most likely die due to injury or euthanasia. What would you do?

Its his debut race. Luckly you mange to get him at the new right distance but wrong surface. You do this and it will mess your horse up badly, and they will get horrible speed figures and place poorly. All do to just that and that is based of of one thing there are many more but i will give you some tips to help find the right race for your horse.

The science behind evaluating racehorses is deciding which faults make a direct impact to the horse’s career. The requirements needed for a horse to succeed starts at the conformation of the foal/yearling. To which conformational faults are passed down from parents, however, faults may or may not have consequences to their racing career, and therefore different trainers/bloodstock agents may have different inceptions with regard to acceptable faults (TOBA, 2015).