Singapore Horse Racing

Singapore Horse Racing, Singapore Turf Club:  Have you even been to Singapore Turf Club? Last Sunday was my first visit and I was really excited about it...it was my very first time watching horse racing for LIVE!
Horse racing could be entertaining .. provides economic benefits and usually, the horse racing industry advertises itself as "glamorous," but in reality, curelty, exploitation and welfare violations are unavoidable part of this industry.

Whenever you watch horse racing..have this ever crossed your mind? Like..why are some people against horse racing?? What happened to those retired racehorses??..Or how are they treated when they get older and unable to run on the racecourses anymore??

Keep on reading...and I'll share with you the ugly truth of Horse Racing and the shocking fate of the unwanted thoroughbreds ( horses bred for racing ).....

Most Horses are forced to race even while injured, causing enormous suffering. Since the profit-making motive, not animal welfare, is the priority, horses are drugged so they can race even when injured.

Most common ways used to enhance a race horse’s performance: Cobra venom injected into a horse’s joints to ease pain and stiffness, and a "milkshake" of baking soda, sugar, and electrolytes delivered through a tube in the horse’s nose to increase carbon dioxide in the horse’s bloodstream and lessen lactic-acid buildup, warding off fatigue.

Once, an article mentioned that batteries are even concealed under a horse’s skin that deliver a shock when the horse is flagging. Laboratories cannot detect every one of thousands of illegal drugs. So cruel!???!! Still.. There are many other ways out there which I couldn't continue to read anymore..

Let's continue...that's not the end of the cruelty. As for the Ex-race horses, they suffer even worse fate.

For thousands of thoroughbreds that are too old, too slow or not good enough jumpers, the end is brutal:

Either a bullet through the temple or a metal bolt into the side of the brain. Then their carcasses are loaded on to freezer lorries and their flesh is sold as gourmet meat for human consumption (Esp in France and Belgium)!!! Some..they are even slaughtered for pet food!