Horse Racing Horse Research Paper

After a 37 year drought, American Pharaoh Had won the elusive Triple Crown. The age of this champion, only 3 years old, that is below the proven age of a horse reaching full maturity. The age limit for the prestigious race should be raised from 3 to 4-6 years of age. This low age of raced can cause behavioral problems, shortened career, and it goes against the scientifically proven age of a fully developed horse. The horses being started and raced at a young age creates major behavioral problems. When the foals begin their training they are barely two-year-olds, most are yearlings and some being started as young as weanlings. The training begins with getting the horse to walk on a halter, but this is done so briskly and poorly with no other ground work done making most of them need to be walked in a stud chain. After this brief period of getting the horse halter training the trainer will through a saddle on the foal and a heavy rider that will be difficult to buck off. They are rushed in their basic training most are dull in the mouth and sensitive in the sides making it extremely hard to control the horse in any other discipline. This rough handling creates a horse that is extremely dangerous and spooky which ruins their future ahead in anything outside this business. …show more content…
the average horse is semi-retired by age 20 and fully retired by age 30. Most racehorses aren’t lucky enough to be retired sound unless they are champions of top races. If a horse has won a majority of its races or has a wonderful pedigree their owners will have them retired as breeding stock and be bred yearly in large breeding programs. The poor pedigreed horses, losing horses, and injured are usually sold to slaughter except a few lucky ones who are restrained and used in the other disciplines. Most of the younger horses are the ones being sent to slaughter with injuries or uncontrollable making them