Blog Assignment #7

In Christa Kurman's article "The Horse Racing Industry: Issues and Reforms", at the beginning, the author claims that even though horse racing is a elegant and ornamental sport, nowaday, horse racing is facing being banned because it is regarded unsafe. People concerntrate more about the sport of kings under intense public scrutiny.
The following 10 paragraphs are counterauguments. The second paragraph is talking about Thoroughbred. As people want thoroughbred of horce, it costs a large labor force and money to bred high quality horse. Also, in the next paragraphs, the expensive cost, 26.1 billion dollars, is higher as loss of horse. According to WAll Street Journal, the only attractive aspects of horse are small, narrow legs and large bodies. But people overlook their sound. The average price of a one year old Thoroughbred race horse is $101,347. And the trainning is hard for horse. Moreover, the author talks about the solution from her research. She thinks invention of new types of ynthetic track surfaces and a possible alternative to dirt track "Polytrack". She thinks injuries are big problems and in her mind, some given drugs may help a lot.
In this article, writer gives many specific example. At the beginning, author gives the result of a research that 38% of Americans want to ban this sport. Also, she gives an much representive example of Native Dancer. From its career, the author can clearly explains about cost and risk of Thoroughbred. In her article, we can see citation everywhere.
By using these examples, readers can make better sense of the disadvantages of horse racing and the feasibility of her suggest solution. This reaserch paper is much persuasive as author makes it both intersting and logistic. The corrct use of citation and examples also make this article more persuasive.