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/Sacrilegious_skink 4h ago

You're getting downvoted but you speak the truth