latimes.com: HBO’s "Luck" was canceled for the same reason real horse racing is fading away: nobody watches, and the modern American public won’t stand for the death of animals in a spectacle. "Luck" was supposed to be the TV show that brought horse racing back into the public consciousness, nearly four decades after Secretariat appeared on the cover of Time magazine. The writers and actors did their jobs -- as a dedicated railbird, I’ve never seen the grandstand, the backstretch and the jockey’s room portrayed so accurately. Unfortunately, "Luck’s" legacy will probably be an impression that horse racing is a deadly sport, when in fact, it’s safer than ever for the animals.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
HBO's 'Luck' canceled because racing deaths unacceptable
latimes.com: HBO’s "Luck" was canceled for the same reason real horse racing is fading away: nobody watches, and the modern American public won’t stand for the death of animals in a spectacle. "Luck" was supposed to be the TV show that brought horse racing back into the public consciousness, nearly four decades after Secretariat appeared on the cover of Time magazine. The writers and actors did their jobs -- as a dedicated railbird, I’ve never seen the grandstand, the backstretch and the jockey’s room portrayed so accurately. Unfortunately, "Luck’s" legacy will probably be an impression that horse racing is a deadly sport, when in fact, it’s safer than ever for the animals.
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Such an interesting look into the history of an unfortunately iconic sport. Comparing the show to actual horse racing where horses would only race once every few weeks and the retired horses of the show were running twice daily seems fairly poorly thought out. PETA has every right to call HBO out on this issue. I would like to see what truth there is to the status of the horses and what rate their were being worked. There are PETA regulations and trained horse wranglers whose job it is to regulate the proper treatment of the animals.
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