Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Pillow Pants
Yes it can be a cruel sport. Please tell me otherwise. I need a good laugh today.
|
Yes, jump racing can be a cruel sport, as can flat racing, as can barrel racing or riding horses over jumps in a show ring.
But either flat or jump racing (or other horse sports) can also not be "cruel" to the horse at all, unless one believes the essential nature of any horse sport - that being man utilizing the horse within them - is cruel by definition.
That's the PETA viewpoint, btw.