Comments on: Draft-horse Racing in Japan

By: Nichole

Nichole — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:03:43 +0000

This is TERRIBLE!!! How sad. I am a drafter enthusiast – I can’t believe people are treating them this way.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:45:21 +0000

Not nice to the horses,they might break a leg and have to be put to sleep or be shot by gun .Im a horse lover so dont want that to happen.

By: jen

jen — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:27:16 +0000

The whole thing is rather sickening. It’s one thing for a horse to pull to earn a living or do something useful, but to make them work their hearts out so people can BET on them? And THEN thank them for their hard work by slaughtering them? It makes me shudder to picture it.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 28 May 2007 19:32:19 +0000

STOP EATING HORSES!!! AND DOGS AND CATS!!

By: Samantha

Samantha — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:50:52 +0000

This is wrong both to make those poor draft horses run at their fastest while pulling all that weight, they arent made to run like throughbreds they were made to help on farms, and it’s wrong to just sell them off for meat, that’s desgusting anyway.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:11:41 +0000

The article states that some horses are ready to collaspe, not all. It’s like making a bunch of teenagers run the mile some are going to be on the verge of collaspe afterwards if they worked hard or are severly out of shape, but they can recover. You can’t say its cruel to hold these races, we americans have our own draft type races called draft pulls, where they do exactly the same thing. I beleive people should have look at where the horses would be going if they didn’t race, but it a little late now that the tracks are closed and the horses slaughtered. But maybe people will use their heads in the future.

By: Paula

Paula — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:51:35 +0000

I believe this sport should be band because humans become greedy and uncaring about the health of the animal. Horses have alot of heart and will kill themselves trying to what there “masters” want/

By: karisa

karisa — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:20:28 +0000

i am just thankful we dont have that in the united states. imagine eating a pet. And they are a delicacy!?

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:53:32 +0000

Those draft orses are better off racing than being sold for meat. I would rather race than be sold to be eaten by someone.

By: Alison

Alison — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:45:20 +0000

It is creul to make those poor animals pull and pull at the heavy weight. Talk about being heartless. One of those horses will eventually collaspe from pulling so much and it will be the owners fault. I hope this creul sport will be destroyed and that it is stopped before the draft horses start to die from exhaustion. I hope people will not stand for this cruelty to animals.