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The timing of this being posted right before Melbourne Cup day is obviously intentional. It's the few days of the year most Australians pay any attention to horse racing.

This was a brutal read. I knew horses and jockeys died occasionally, I didn't realize how frequently horses died. I also had no idea how many people worked in the industry, nor how much money was in it.

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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 month ago

My wife is very into horses, we have horses, she shows horses, she trains horses.

She hates anything and everything around horse racing (and other parts of horse sport like that burning feet one).

It. Is. Brutal. And disgusting. It is millionaires and billionaires jerking each other off while the horses and those beneath them suffer and die.