Sending horses to the knackery. They've been doing this for hundreds of years.

Suddenly some misty-eyed City Dweller looks at their pet cat & cry's. What a load of codswallop.

I read somewhere once that in Europe there is more Horse Meat eaten than Beef. I have seen the Video of the Horse Round-up in Belgium.

Meat is meat. It doesn't matter where you get it from. I've eaten Buffalo, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goat, Dog, Cat, Rat, Monkey, Possum, Anteater, Snake, Croc & even tried Cockatoo. The Rock was more tender though. It's all good.

Soft people are soft in the head first. They sooky cry at anything. Mostly attention getting.

We are getting away from reality westozzy has said it about right
BUT lets be honest every work place has or should have, training and key performance indicators
IF I was writing them for this slaughter house they would include
Do not ever miss treat any animal, never be filmed being an idiot
Remember animal activists and vegans want you to stuff up, even have PAID WORKERS to be filmed being cruel
Come out the back and watch me kill roosters [no one can use them all] quick fast, even out of sight of the rest
But we eat meat, we kill animals we need not be fools in doing it
Welcome westozzy

If this is really happening, & was not just a TV stunt, like the Indonesian stunt with cattle, yes where the hell is the RSPCA.

Even if it is happening, it is not down to the racing industry. The industry does care. If you want to know, try watching a TV show, late at night, called Jump Off. On the 7 network.

It is a national show jumping competition, funded by the racing industry for race horses, less than a year off the track. The prize pool is over $100,000, & the objective is to show the potential of ex race horses in the equestrian area. It takes years to train a show jumper, & this is to show how quickly ex race horses can adapt to equestrian work.

I only have one horse today, & you guessed it, he is an ex race horse. He is very big, but so calm & gentle that my grand son has been riding him since he was about 9. He always comes when he is called, isn't it a pity I can't get the dog, or the grand kids to be as obedient.

Interview with the Kill Buyer Who Takes Horses to Meramist
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/interview-with-a-kill-buyer-how-racehorses-end-up-as-meat-20191021-p532tz.html

AC you introduced pure emotion in to your post
I bet on race horses from age 5, gave it up after work ended but will give a hundred a run in the Melbourne cup
Others say, as I do, it happens and will continue to
And the best defense the industry has is clean it up at the killing end
Not to empowers the few, farm invaders extremist animal welfare groups
And the just I love animals, but not enough to home them city dwellers
By all means get upset but look for better ways not an end to the practice

Hey Belly,
Yes you got me.

"AC you introduced pure emotion in to your post"

Yes I'm still a little bit angered by what I consider needless cruelty upon the very animals the sport depends upon.
It's possible I may not be thinking logically or clearly whist I'm still peeved over what I saw.