Racing question
This is what puzzles me. If this is the case, why does a racehorse have to be whipped and initially does not run until the jockey spurs it on, and why, if a horse has unseated the rider and is running freely as a herd animal, will it deny itself the pleasure that we are told it craves of jumping a life-threatening obstacle, and choose to run around the fence on flat ground if possible, as we often see?
Maybe someone in the racing fraternity can enlighten me.
Walter J Allan
Colinton Mains Drive
Edinburgh