Melbourne Cup horse deaths spark calls for change

Horse racing, dog racing, boxing etc are all barbaric sports where animals or humans get injured or die because people wager/bet on whether they win or lose. The stock market is another example of betting/wagering against odds that your horse will come in first. The world would be a better place without these sports or institutions.

Condolences go out to all involved with the beautiful Admire Rakti,just tragic,unexpected and very unfortunate for something so rare to happen to such an amazing,precious horse...

125 horses died on Australian tracks between August 1 last year and July 31 this year.

That's an awful lot of horses! I wish they'd ban whips in horse racing. Better yet, I wish they'd just ban horse racing period.