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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The sooner horse racing (of a non-Olympic type) dies out, the better.

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Because ether Olympics are some bastion of sport?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 0 points 8 months ago

No, just because the type of horseriding done at the Olympics is not objectionable in the same way that the kind of horseracing seen at the Melbourne Cup is.

It's not exclusive to the Olympics, that's just a convenient touch point. Same as how practisers of historical fencing will sometimes refer to "Olympic fencing" to refer to the sport overseen by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime, even though foils and épées are not only seen every four years at the Olympics.