Dog Fighting Versus Horseracing

Horses are doing something for the pure enjoyment of humans, dogs are doing something for the enjoyment of humans, and of course the cocks are doing something for our enjoyment too. I will not even go into the rodeo. Sure dog fighting and cock fighting are wrong, but, what is the difference? Horse enthusiasts are for the most part affluent White people, and there lies the difference. The facts are that animals die in all these sports, and if you are going to ban one then you must ban them all. It seems hypocritical to me that Michael Vick and others are in jail because the dominant culture deems it animal cruelty when an animal dies from fighting as opposed to an animal that is drugged up and running until blood pours from its nose or even more dramatic breaks bones that can't be repaired. What a bunch of hypocrites. Millions of dollars are made in thoroughbred breeding and horse racing. With what goes into the training and racing of these animals there should be just as big of an uproar as when the Vick story unfolded.

Wikipedia-keyword search "Thoroughbred"
Heading-Health Issues

"Although Thoroughbreds are seen in the hunter-jumper world and in other disciplines, modern Thoroughbreds are primarily bred for speed, and racehorses have a very high rate of accidents as well as other health problems. One tenth of all Thoroughbreds suffer orthopedic problems, including fractures. Current estimates indicate that there are 1.5 career-ending breakdowns for every 1,000 horses starting a race in the United States, an average of two horses per day (730 horses a year). The state of California reported a particularly high rate of injury, 3.5 per 1000 starts. As a ratio (of injuries with eventually fatal complications to total competitions), this is far in excess of all other legal human and animal sports, including boxing, motor sports and greyhound racing. Thoroughbreds also have other health concerns, including a majority of animals who are prone to bleeding from the lungs (EIPH), 10 percent with low fertility, and 5 percent with abnormally small hearts. Thoroughbreds also tend to have smaller hooves relative to their body mass than other breeds, with thin soles and walls and a lack of cartilage mass, which contributes to foot soreness, the most common source of lameness in racehorses"