would you : "THE DEADLIEST HORSE RACE IN THE WORLD." WHAT DO YOU THINK? [+] serious ballot by mojo ACTIVE Sat Aug 04, 07 - Sun Aug 03, 08 Omak Suicide Race It's "The Deadliest Horse Race in the World" and it's right here in the USA. "It is one thing to preserve traditions or commemorate acts of courage in the history of a people, but this staged spectacle, putting horses and humans at grave risk year after year for entertainment and profit, is an abomination. This is a blight on the organizers, promoters, participants and willing spectators, and no credit to horsemanship or anyone’s culture. It is the reckless infliction of terror, pain, exhaustion, suffering, and death on an animal that has been our faithful partner and companion through the ages." - Dr. Andrew G. Lang, ASPCA Director of Equine Programs Omak is a small town in Eastern Washington State. Every year the local rodeo, called the Omak Stampede, boasts of its main attraction "The World-Famous Omak Suicide Race." The race regularly and routinely kills horses. Over a span of four days and nights, riders repeatedly send horses off "Suicide Hill" with a 120-foot full-galloping start. Horses plunge blindly more than 210 feet downhill, at a slope organizers have boasted is an "almost vertical…62 degree angle." At breakneck speed horses then meet, with concrete force, the rocky Okanogan River. After a panicked swim of more than a football field in length, the horses face a final, grueling uphill sprint. These horses, many 'on-loan' for the event, have suffered heart attacks from over exertion, broken bones from collisions and shocking tumbles, and even horrifying death by drowning. In 20 years, 20 deaths have been documented; in 2004, three horses were killed in the first heat alone. When will they stop calling it a Suicide Race and start calling it murder? I feel physically ill and ashamed to be a part of the human race. Hey, sounds like fun, sign me up. SORRY, THIS POLL IS NOW CLOSED. Ballot #116698 : Voting Finished : SEE RESULTS Comment: Register to submit comments You may still vote without registration show your vote with comment?

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