Horse Racing : The Ethics Of Winning

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Horse Racing: The Ethics of Winning
Even though tensions rise between the ethics in sport and the ideas of winning, families identify accomplishment in the bond between hobbies and the good life, as horse racing is a favorite past-time. Although desiring to win compromises the conduct and character of the owner, trainers, jockeys, and horses, many fans remain uptight toward betting on cheaters while taking them at face-value. While articles, periodicals, and congressional hearing testimonies about the sports culture of horse racing feature opposing strands of greed and reveal the binary just/unjust, the more interesting ideas come from the differences in the tone of voice, which show a pattern of irony in economic views of racing and frustration in social aspects of abuse. For example, the issues are significant to evaluate because some sources argue neglect or ill-treatment while others are following the rules; however, positive tests for illegal drugs in horses remain an ongoing wager. Additionally, as horses play a significant role in American culture today, tension gives rise to various power struggles, ethical dilemmas, and multiple controversies involving social and political agendas, which complicates regulations on the rules of racing. Even though Sheila Lyons, DVM testifies, "Racehorse is not a diagnosis," before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Interstate Horse Racing Act, Dr. Lyon believes, “proper record keeping should take place at the tracks” (Kane, Lyons, and Gagliano). A 2015 report by The Editorial Board from The New York Times suggests, "…the fatality rate for horses reaches more than four times the national average as heedless owners put unproven horses at risk for lucrative purses," as the more striking compari...

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... suggests additional research by investigating medication guidelines, while the veterinarians regulating them could confuse the discussion, reveals unity among the industry to operate with the same drug rules by one national advisory group. However, by applying this analysis to restore people 's idea of speculation is interesting in order to restore America’s hobby as the essential component of respectable character, because leaders should psychologically and politically try to regain confidence in fans and participants from the sport by changing the way horse racing appears in the society. Even if racinos consume and complicate racing by taking the focus away from the greatest extent of fascination such as the race, tracks could resemble amusement areas to invite families and modern generations to compete which possibly argues a nobler atmosphere to sponsor a horse.

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