Hi! Thanks for the question.
I have found the following articles providing an overview of cruelty
in animal racing. I will provide you with small snippets form the
articles I will cite but I highly recommend that you read them in
their entirety to have a better grasp of the topic.
HORSE RACING:
?They weigh at least 1,000 pounds, they have legs supported by ankles
the size of a human?s, and they?re forced to run over 30 miles per
hour around a dirt track carrying a person on their back.1 Racehorses
are victims of a multibillion-dollar industry rife with drug abuse,
injuries, race fixing, and for many horses, their career ends in a
slaughterhouse.?
?Horses begin training or are already racing when their skeletal
system is still growing and unprepared to handle the pressures of
running on a hard track at high speeds.5 Improved medical treatment
and technological advancements have done little to remedy the plight
of the racehorse. One study on injuries at racetracks concluded that
one horse in every 22 races suffered an injury that prevented him or
her from finishing a race, while another estimates that 800
thoroughbreds die a year in North America because of injuries.6
Strained tendons or hairline fractures can be tough for veterinarians
to diagnose and the damage may go from minor to irrevocable at the
next race or workout.?
?Horse Racing: A Losing Bet?
http://www.peta-online.org/mc/facts/fsent5.html
?The purpose of the jockey's whip is either to make the horse run
faster, or to keep the horse running even when exhausted. The vast
majority of jockeys are professional riders and winning for them is
paramount.?
?'Tubing' involves a hole being surgically cut into a horse's neck and
a metal tube inserted. It is intended to increase the air intake to
the lungs and, thereby, the horse's racing performance. The hole can
be larger than the size of a two-pence piece. The tube often clogs
with mucus, causing distress to the horse.?
?Pinfiring: Every year hundreds of racehorses undergo a procedure
called thermo cauterisation - commonly known as pinfiring. Among the
critics of pinfiring is the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and
the RSPCA's chief equine veterinary officer. It is a crude, painful
leg operation, first used 100 years ago, that involves the insertion
of red-hot needles through the skin to burn the damaged tendon or
ligament.?
?Welfare problems?
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/racing/factfile/page5.htm
?The crowds of people who attend horse races probably have no idea
what the beautiful and well-trained horses competing go through in
order to compete, and where most of them end up. While the majority of
Americans consider horses to be companion and recreational animals,
most are still unaware that horses are indiscriminately bred to
produce champions. Those breeding practices are what leads to the
pain, suffering and death of thousands of horses every year.?
?The majority of the 100,000 to 200,000 U.S.-bred horses who are
slaughtered each year for human consumption in this country and in
Canada is the unwanted surplus from the horse industry. Whether they
be race, show, camp, Amish work or carriage horses, barren broodmares,
polo ponies, or lame animals from ranches, riding academies or school
riding programs, equines who cannot ?perform? are the ones who make up
the greatest number of U.S.-bred horses slaughtered every year. A
large majority of them are racehorses, including thoroughbreds,
standardbreds, quarter horses and Arabians.?
?She Started on a Track?And Finished on a Plate!?
http://www.satyamag.com/may99/sat.58.track.html
Additional Articles:
?10 REASONS TO BOYCOTT THE GRAND NATIONAL?
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/racing/press/index.htm
?RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES?
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/racing/review/page1.htm
?Abuse Case List?
http://www.greyhounds.org/gpl/contents/media_cases2.html
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GREYHOUND RACING:
?Greyhound racing constitutes animal abuse because of the industry's
excessive surplus breeding practices, the often cruel methods by which
unwanted dogs are destroyed, the daily conditions in which many dogs
are forced to live, and the killing and maiming of bait animals, such
as rabbits, during training exercises.?
?Racing greyhounds spend the majority of their adult lives in crates
or pens or in fenced enclosures. Human companionship is limited. Many
enclosures are not climate-controlled, causing the dogs distress
during inclement weather.?
?Greyhound Racing Facts?
http://hsus.org/ace/11798
?Thousands of greyhounds are killed each year as the declining
dog-racing industry struggles to stay alive. Some puppies are killed
in the name of ?selective breeding? before they ever touch a
racetrack. Dogs who do qualify to become racers, at around 14 to 17
months of age, typically live in cages and are kept muzzled by their
trainers at all times. Many exhibit crate and muzzle sores and suffer
from infestations of internal and external parasites. Although they
are extremely sensitive to temperature because of their low body fat
and thin coats, greyhounds are forced to race in extreme conditions?
ranging from subzero temperatures to sweltering heat of over 100
degrees.?
?Few dogs make it to the nominal retirement age of 4 or 5. Injuries
and sickness?broken legs, heatstroke, heart attacks?claim the lives of
many.?
?Greyhound Racing: Death in the Fast Lane?
http://www.peta-online.org/mc/facts/fsent2.html
?It is outrageous that under the greyhound racing banner stark
barbarism thrives and dogs are destroyed because they no longer win
races. As a consequence to racing, greyhounds suffer a wide range of
injuries, from foot pad abrasions, ligament strains and leg fractures,
to broken bones and broken toes. Their muzzles further prevent them
from nibbling at insects that land on them and from licking their own
sores.?
?The few dogs that do generate earnings will enjoy a short-lived,
pampered fame ( yes, their owners really do love them!) until they are
disposed of almost always before the age of five. The others that
don't earn their keep by winning are euthanased, sold to research
facilities, are exported overseas or could face abandonment.?
?The Dirty Business of Greyhound Racing ?
http://www.animal-lib.org.au/lists/greyhounds/greyhounds.shtml
Additional Articles:
?Know the Facts About Dog Racing?
http://www.greyhounds.org/gpl/contents/exploit.html
?Cruelty of Dog Racing?
http://grey2kusa.org/Racing/cruelty.html
?Animal Racing Facts?
http://www.idausa.org/facts/racing.html
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