We should give jockeys a fair crack of the whip?

[Posts: 6673Joined: 25 Feb 2001, 19:39Location: Surrey]

This article appeared in the "i" (and Independent) newspaper this morning.

It was not in the "sports section" and will gain a far wider audience.

Interesting take:- http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/co ... 72035.html

[Posts: 3992Joined: 03 Feb 2006, 11:39Location: Sacramento,CA.]

Interesting except that it precludes the living of animals with man, including the sheepdog with the herdsman or shepard.No security or rescue dogs or police drug-sniffer dogs? No pets?Certainly no dog shows or poney clubs for children.Just wild horses,dogs,and cats.I just disagree.Man is the dominant species and other creatures live with that dominance to survive.Domestication it is called.Otherwise they live at risk of extinction.You protect the thoroughbred at the risk of extinction.Most dogs at dog shows have long since outlived their original purpose in life.Is that the goal for the race horse?