The mint juleps, the fancy hats and the stirring rendition of “My Old Kentucky Home” are a silly bit of play-acting that serves as a front for a lot of pain and ugly death. We need to stop pretending that there’s anything majestic about the “sport of kings” and recognize it as the cruelty that it is.
Kathy Guillermo is director of the Laboratory Investigations Department at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510; www.PETA.org.
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