Original sentence: British criticism of horse racing: Animal Aid website.Critics state that it is actually counterproductive and slows the horse down; becoming distracted and dangerously veer off course.Critics, based on rumour, contend these 'lost' horses are killed, but in actuality they are sold for hunters who ride horseback and for point-to-pointing (another horse sport).Drugs and artificial lighting are typically used so female horses give birth to one horse every year, the natural cycle for a horse being one foal every two years.During races some jockeys use a crop to hit the horse in the rump to direct their effort and possibly run faster.Specific rebuttal of some of those UK claims:.They consider broodmares and stallions to be overworked.This breeding cycle hasn't objectively been shown as harmful
Edited sentence: Broodmares and stallions are overworked and it is not unknown for them to die of exhaustion.Drugs and artificial lighting is typically used to alter the natural breeding cycles and female horses are made to give birth to one horse every year - whereas a horse would naturally have one child every two years.For more information and references go to the Animal Aid website.Horses are whipped with a thin plastic rod.It can also cause a horse to become distracted and dangerously veer off course.Statistical studies have shown that it is actually counterproductive and slows the horse down.The fate of these 'lost' horses is kept a secret, but speculation is rife that large numbers may be killed.The reason is that it might make them run faster