Quote Originally Posted by buttercup132
Horses that are bred for racing have those genetics and most of them LOVE to run. If they didn't want to I'm pretty sure the thousand pound horse could stop and not do it. If done cntrollably and a horse isn't put in race after race it's fine. My old horse used to love to run with the race horses.
I don't mind when pet horses go on trails with there fellow humans or run around in a feild a few times for fun, because then there's no other horses around to smash into each other that are going at full speed, it's even dangerous for the humans .. I mean what if they fall off the horse because it's going too fast and get trampled on?

Some horses are indeed happy when racing, they love running as fast as they can but I have seen some races with small whips .. they hit the horses neck or side so it keeps going, a whipe is another stupid invention for horses .. some people just care about winning and not the animal there hurting.

Some racing is okay .. as long as there's no record of injury or abuse.