{"id":53173,"date":"2022-04-10T09:15:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T09:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=53173"},"modified":"2022-04-10T09:36:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T09:36:01","slug":"racehorses-a-dying-breed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/04\/racehorses-a-dying-breed\/","title":{"rendered":"Racehorses a dying breed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are big risks in the Sporting World<\/p>\n<p>where animals are employed<\/p>\n<p>Horses cost a lot to train<\/p>\n<p>and no ones overjoyed<\/p>\n<p>when cost becomes a stressful burden<\/p>\n<p>and winnings represent<\/p>\n<p>a tawdry amount then investment<\/p>\n<p>Means more is being spent<\/p>\n<p>the pressure is phenomenal<\/p>\n<p>and sadly what we see<\/p>\n<p>is environmental factors<\/p>\n<p>rising tragically<\/p>\n<p>horses \u00a0in the open<\/p>\n<p>are affected by their feed<\/p>\n<p>by dietary supplements<\/p>\n<p>by non organic plant based bedding<\/p>\n<p>all of this does lead<\/p>\n<p>quietly to a negative<\/p>\n<p>In ground water and the air<\/p>\n<p>when herbicides are \u00a0being sprayed<\/p>\n<p>the stuff is everywhere<\/p>\n<p>Drying agents accumulation<\/p>\n<p>stress factors they build<\/p>\n<p>outlay becomes \u00a0impractical<\/p>\n<p>for its higher than their yield<\/p>\n<p>its an \u00a0endocrine disrupter<\/p>\n<p>and presents a risk alas<\/p>\n<p>as the percentage \u00a0increases<\/p>\n<p>victims increase en masse<\/p>\n<p>and sudden \u00a0death during racing<\/p>\n<p>from cardiac arrest<\/p>\n<p>environmental factors<\/p>\n<p>are weakening the stress<\/p>\n<p>of being whipped and driven<\/p>\n<p>in a violent \u00a0aggressive race<\/p>\n<p>leaping over fences<\/p>\n<p>its just a disgrace<\/p>\n<p>Sport involving animals<\/p>\n<p>their performance one can see<\/p>\n<p>not every horse is a \u00a0winner<\/p>\n<p>but prize money has to be<\/p>\n<p>coming in if its profitable<\/p>\n<p>then everything is fine<\/p>\n<p>but when horses lose or are not placed<\/p>\n<p>sadly thats a sign<\/p>\n<p>of a very poor investment<\/p>\n<p>and they \u00a0just have to go<\/p>\n<p>and the environmental factors<\/p>\n<p>are helping as we know<\/p>\n<p>these chemicals are .far ranging<\/p>\n<p>for humans especially<\/p>\n<p>its a very \u00a0nasty chemical<\/p>\n<p>and the highly strung now be<\/p>\n<p>high risk \u00a0and if \u00a0not performing<\/p>\n<p>likely thus to \u00a0be<\/p>\n<p>injured and then \u00a0euthanised<\/p>\n<p>which is what we see.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>literally thousands of horses many quite young<\/p>\n<p>dying<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are big risks in the Sporting World where animals are employed Horses cost a lot to train and no ones overjoyed when cost becomes a stressful burden and winnings represent a tawdry amount then investment Means more is being &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/04\/racehorses-a-dying-breed\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344,173,442,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-glyphosate","category-horses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53173"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53181,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53173\/revisions\/53181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}