Brian63
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This came up in a recent discussion. Anyone know the answers?
In horseback racing, do the horses themselves actually know and/or care that they are racing each other? Or are they just doing whatever their rider tells them to do?
Do they know whether they won or lost? Do they know the rules of the sport? Do they run with their own certain strategy in mind? Or again, do they just do whatever the rider instructs them to do (riders kick the horses in the side as a command to speed up, right?)?
Do the horses express different emotions based on whether they won or lost a race, or are they indifferent?
Thanks.
In horseback racing, do the horses themselves actually know and/or care that they are racing each other? Or are they just doing whatever their rider tells them to do?
Do they know whether they won or lost? Do they know the rules of the sport? Do they run with their own certain strategy in mind? Or again, do they just do whatever the rider instructs them to do (riders kick the horses in the side as a command to speed up, right?)?
Do the horses express different emotions based on whether they won or lost a race, or are they indifferent?
Thanks.