Another annual iconic horse race took place that stopped the nation, reduced productivity and created the excuse for a big dress-up and a special luncheon.
This event is set in stone as part of the Aussie way of life, up there with Vegemite, kangaroos and the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
The outcome of the race itself was apparently predictable. Western Australians bet $15,000,000 on the race(s).
Some horses like to gallop quickly.
Some like to jump.
Racehorses are high maintenance and those who don’t earn a quid fall by the wayside.
All these horses are used by people to make money.
They are forced to endure long journeys in small spaces in order to compete. During the 2013 Melbourne Cup race a French horse broke its leg and lost its life. It’s happened before.
No doubt I’m a killjoy to some but I say the image Australians present to the world is that they’re supposedly having fun by exploiting or harming other living creatures that have no voice to speak for them.
I voice a protest for them and I boycott such events.
MaryAnne Gaylor, Boyanup
