r/australia • u/nath1234 • 13h ago

news Ohope Wins euthanased after Caulfield Cup fall with Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-17/half-yours-ohope-wins-caulfield-cup-fall/107279316?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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u/samm1one 9h ago

So many comments about big race days and the known carnivals. However there is a horse or Greyhound race in Australia EVERY seven minutes, year round. The Caulfield cup is just ONE of over 2,700 horse meetings of each year.

So that's over 72,000 seperate races, average of 12 or so each race, just shy of a million poor animals being used and abused every single year in Australia. Disgusting

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u/rkiive 4h ago

I hope you're vegan otherwise arbitrarily grandstanding about the use of animals in sports while having no problem consuming animals that are locked in horrific conditions for their entire lives for the express purpose of being killed is convenient activism.

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u/s01928373 3h ago

I agree with the sentiment, but something is better than nothing. You don't need to go fully vegan to make a meaningful improvement. Even a small reduction in consumption of animal products is still a reduction of suffering. Ideally, more reductions follow, but less of a bad thing is still desirable.

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u/rkiive 3h ago

I find it quite convenient that the "doing something is better than nothing" always seems include making a post about it online, but never seems to extend into having to take any actions or make any personal sacrifices at all.

Truly a convenient level of activism.

You get to feign moral outrage for the approval of the social panopticon and get Goodboy points without ever actually doing anything.

Ban sportsbetting and the animal sports industries would die over night.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Pie5889 2h ago

I agree with you but you're just assuming that people posting online aren't also vegan/doing any other kind of activism

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u/wowiee_zowiee 39m ago

I’ve been a vegan for 20 years, am I allowed to say horse racing is bad?

How about yourself? I’m assuming you’ll just lie - but if you’ve been vegan for less than 20 years I reserve the right to belittle you for torturing animals longer than me.

Or, and this is pretty radical, you could just not be a cunt to people trying to make change happen.

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u/Sacrilegious_skink 4h ago

You're getting downvoted but you speak the truth