Racetrack deaths

[asterroc]

Maybe someone can explain this to me.

A 16-year-old apprentice jockey died Wednesday after being thrown from his horse at a track near Columbus, Ohio, police and track officials said.

Josh Radosevich was thrown off the thoroughbred Nyoka during the third race at Beulah Park, in Grove City. Radosevich was trampled by at least two horses after falling, and was pronounced dead at a Columbus hospital, a Grove City police report stated.
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The horse suffered a severe leg fracture and was euthanized at the track, Beulah Park officials said.
(CNN)

Yeah it's a trajedy the kid died and all that, but how come every time a horse breaks it's leg it's put down? We don't euthanize people who break their legs, or dogs or cats. Why horses? What about cows? Is it just too expensive to maintain a horse while it's recovering? Will it just never recover? What's the story?

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[sammka.livejournal.com]

Horses rarely recover from broken legs, and take very badly to the recovery process. They keep trying to walk, and immobilizing them makes them panic, I think. It's generally considered humane to euthanize them.