Horse racing

Like anything around these days

if there’s money to be made

the animals participating

on their souls are laid

all the pain and suffering

for in essence what we see

is something thats expendable

just a commodity

I have never liked the fact

that the money is intense

the punters come to see the races

I do not think they sense

how its regulated

what of the horses how

are they made ready for the race

to me  we’re in the now

and in that state of consciousness

money is the key

and some will go to any lengths

to win or at least to be

and we have a living breathing

soul a horse, to think about

it has a heart it has a soul

of that there’s little doubt

the sort of  heavy running

they really have to do

put untold pressure on their

bones and joints

just to get through

without the  drugs and hormones

seemingly its hard

enhancing drugs apparently

are injected now to guard

against all sorts of happenings

and the horses take it bad

their feet and legs are damaged

it really now is sad

some  jockeys show contempt for them

some  trainers even more

and so abuse is happening

of that Peta is sure

in the US every single week

24 horses die

thats 24 souls

just perish

we have to ask now why

pain masking drugs

are given

performance enhancers too

to speed up their metabolism

injections not a few

all the time they are getting them

and that’s despite damage too

so the horses have to run with injuries

which they shouldn’t do

some come back from their races

crippled

no wall no Z bars, they

the pain must be excruciating

just walking, they say

is awful for those animals

so to race well, its abuse

the industry just closes ranks

and thinks up an excuse

the bottom line is agony

and unbelievable pain

horses feel it in their legs

all that extra strain

the bones develop and take time

4 years or so before

really they can take the stress

and strain and thats the score

Horse racing is a business

the horses all they are

is commodities

they are expendable

and that sadly is sure

fired in what is happening

and why so many die

or end up in the knackers yard

with, well, tears in their eye