Horse Racing

[Bamaro]

How much you know about cockfighting and rosters in general? I have been to a few cockfights with my cousin who fights them regularly. You can't train or teach a roster to fight, they fight from instinct and if left on the yard loose they would kill each other or run the others off till the king .... was the only one left.

Some of his rosters are over a decade old and get regularly wormed, shots, took as good care of as most peoples pet dogs and cats. After they get so old and have shown their skill and gameness over several fights they get retired to the brood pens to keep the desired bloodline going. The sport of cockfighting goes way back probably even further than horse racing, even our founding fathers of this country enjoyed cockfighting.

Personally I did not find it that exciting and I am not a gambler so it was just a viewing event for me, not something that I care much about going to see again, but wouldn't have any problem if I did decide to go back. Just got better things to do with my time but for those who love it, they are as passionate about the sport as anyone is about any sport you compete in.

The life of a gamecock compared to a KFC or Tyson Farms chicken is no comparison. KFC chickens lifespan is 6 to 7 weeks. Most game roosters will not be fought until they are around 2-3 years old, and you have to seperate them off the yard around a year old when they start fighting each other on their own.

It is certainly not dog fighting in any sense.

.... fighting is barbaric.

 

[PacadermaTideUs]

How do they know the horses don't mind the whip? Did Mr. Ed tell them?

I know your question is likely tongue in cheek. But...

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/oct/18/jockeys-whip-didnt-hurt

 

[ValuJet]

I know your question is likely tongue in cheek. But...

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/oct/18/jockeys-whip-didnt-hurt

Although I am not a proponent of animal abuse of any kind (unless you have to kill it to eat the darn thing). my post WAS tongue-in-cheek and it was directed at PETA and NBC and the rest of the PC mob who seem to look the other way while showing images of jockeys beating the hell out of their horses. These lightweight devices they use for noise effect to make the horses run faster - were they always that technologically advanced? Does PETA and NBC have advisory boards that sign off on the use of these devices as painless to the horses, otherwise NBC shows reruns of Keith Olbermann's greatest vein-popping meltdowns? Is PETA boycotting NBC and all its sponsors until they stop showing horse racing? Those are some of the things I was getting at in exposing the hypocrisy of NBC, and especially Bob Costas, whose oratory would rival that of Mao Tse-tung.

So this thread going off in different directions and everyone having fun with it was just what it called for.

Carry on.

 

[MOAN]

.... fighting is barbaric.

We are indeed a barbaric species!

 

[MOAN]

I agree and would add auto racing and boxing, two very dangerous (I guess they are called sports).

On average, 12 high school and college football players die each year playing football.

 

[PacadermaTideUs]

I hear ya. In fairness, Peta has a long history of protesting horse racing (not that I care much for Peta, but I have to give them credit on this topic). NBC et al just don't show you those anti-horse-racing protests because horse racing is a television cash cow on three days out of the year. In contrast, the vegetarian/vegan lifestyle is in vogue among much of the media, and they haven't as of yet figured out how to develop a ratings bonanza out of a National BBQ Championship or selling you chinchilla coats.