Is horseracing animal abuse?

[MickyMacgraw]

Now excuse my ignorance as I'm a city boy, but just n ow looking at the C4 horseracing where they are being ridden to within an inch of their lives whilst having their rear beaten/smacked with a stick in order to make it go faster and win the race,does this border on animal cruelty or do the horses actually enjoy all the attention, exercise and grooming?

[Dris]

WOW should have gone to Spellcheckers there ^^:)

[woofgang]

Dris the question was asked and I have answered...if the question was "is battery farming cruel" then i would have answered that question...