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Horse racing

pct001wine — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 01:41:11 GMT

http://www.news.com.au/sport/superracing/jockeys-hurt-in-horror-race-pile-up-at-port-lincoln/story-fndpqu3p-1226799612456

It took 10 paragraphs before they mentioned - almost as an aside - that one horse had to be killed. Jockeys have a career choice, these horses do not.

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bluecat*dancing — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 06:31:30 GMT

Poor horses.

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freshwater-2 — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:42:38 GMT

The horse racing industry is not about horses.....it is about money.

I believe that 60,000 race horses that didn't make the grade are slaughtered each year.

My figure may be wrong, but it is way up there.

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pct001wine — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:16:24 GMT

Agree freshwaterbeach, horse racing should be in the finance section of the paper, not the sports section.