Thoroughbred horse racing hasn’t suffered from a lack of headlines recently. Not even the staunchest defenders of horse racing could deny the brutality of the incidents HBO shows, nor would most even try, but viewers won’t know that. The premise of the episode is that unrestricted drug use by greedy, inhumane trainers is causing horses to die. The problems in horse racing fall largely at the feet of the people who run the sport; intransigent or oblivious, slow to act and quick to circle the wagons, industry organizations deserve most of the criticism they get. It’s easy to pile on horse racing these days.

Source: Forbes May 22, 2019 01:18 UTC