The wild horse race is one of the most popular and dangerous disciplines that originates from cowboys of the West breaking wild horses. There have been a lot of debates going on around horse forums about these kinds of racers.
Some people think that they are really entertaining and the horses are not hurt during the races, on the contrary, other people think that they shouldn’t be called races but pure animal mistreatment. If you have never seen a wild horse race before and don’t know how it goes, we are informing you about the things you need to know regarding these kinds of races.
It all starts when several horses are freed from chutes, only to be pounced on by three players. There are three players to every horse, and they can do just about anything to bring under control the horses, put a saddle on them and have one player from each team ride the horse.
Unfortunately, the players are willing to do whatever it takes, including putting the poor wild horses in headlocks or even hitting them. Although the organizers of these events declare that the horses don’t struggle during the race, we have seen a lot of videos where they fall hard to the ground, crashing into fences or each other.
Some of the horses even collapse from pressure and exhaustion. We must say that each race is different, even though the players are the same: three cowboys, a wild horse, and firm determination grounds. Watch one of the most popular wild horse races uploaded on YouTube and let us know what do you think about it.
https://youtu.be/KB0ajvCESM0