Protests seem to be amping up around the race that stops a nation and Nup to the Cup is gaining ground.
I have given up going to the big race days. Overcrowded, expensive and generally a letdown. Country picnic days, bring it on, they are still fun.
The spring racing carnival is an amazing event with an international reputation that brings rivers of money into Victoria.
However, it’s hard to escape the fact that a horse dies every year and for every horse that makes it to a group 1 race, there are many that are considered ‘wastage’ and left to languish in paddocks at best, and sold for dog food at worst. Even the industry doesn’t know how many thoroughbred horses go ‘missing’ after they are born.
That picture of the flood wall that kept the track pristine but meant local houses were flooded didn’t help the sport’s reputation either.
But the protest that dumped 1000 litres of oily sludge on to the track is too much. No-one is going to change their minds about racing by such childish tactics.
What’s your view on racing and longer racing like the Melbourne Cup?
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