"Do We Need a Sturdier Racehorse?"

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Originally Posted by Round Pen

You absolutely hit the nail right on the head babies need to be babies. Just think about it from the time a horse is born till the time it makes its first start, there is a possibilty that horse could go through 3 or 4 sales. and when there in a sale they are in a stall sometimes weeks or even a couple of months prior to the sale. And that time spent in a stall could be spent romping around in a paddock and that is what builds bone when there young.

I dont think this is the majority of horses though. Disproportionally horses raised like this are the best bred ones which is hurting the top of the game which is the most visable obviously.