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Using a whip in a horserace is not cruel but racing must explain why. The British Horseracing Authority's chief vet highlights why the sport needs to win its case on the burning issue of the moment. Racing's leaders have to convince the general public that using the whip is not cruel.
, Horse owner for over 30 years, now. On the whole, racehorses are amongst the worst group to greneralise about these things, of all horses. It depends on the owner, their attitude, the fertility of the horse and their ambitions for it. The commonest thing to kill a racehorse, is, frankly, the wallet of its owner.