Racing to disaster

Re “Horse Racing Is Having a Breakdown,” Aug. 5

The problem with racing 3-year-old horses is racing 3-year-old horses, not the footing. The horse-racing people have been fooling themselves, saying it’s OK to push an animal to its maximum, before its bones are fully developed; any serious, informed horse person could tell you that that is a dangerous gamble. Horse racing is tantamount to cock fighting, but Hollywood and the rich have glamorized the one and not the other. Harrumph! Footing indeed! The idea, winning at any cost, is the problem. But if that’s what the people want, well, I can only say that you reap what you sow.

LYNDA FENNEMAN

Valley Glen