"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote
>
> It really is horrible. Think of those thin little legs supporting that
> massive body and pounding down a track at full speed. The pressure of the
> legs and ankles is enormous -- and, as someone else wrote, they are being
> raced before they are fully mature.

Ah, so it is true. Perfectly horrible. And a big money business, so of
course
it will continue as it has for centuries.