ive only just seen this thread....
i dont think racing should be banned but i dont like some of the things that happen before and after races...i heard alot of stories as a boy from here went to jockey school and is getting his jockey license.
Horses love to gallop, certainly thoroughbreds. If they dont want to race then they wont, no matter what you do but usually they will because they will want to follow the other horses.
Alot of jockeys will pull out if they think that their horse wont or cant do it, most will carry on just taking it steady.
Its not cruel, if they banned racing then they'd have to ban showjumping, dressage, cross country etc...
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