According to the news over at horseracingkills.org, a number of people in the industry have recently been caught out electrocuting their horses in an effort to make them run faster.
I suspect this is probably the tip of an iceberg of cruelty that the racing industry would prefer to keep concealed lest it damage the image of this much loved (and very profitable!) "sport".
Judge Lewis said it was "a sad state of affairs" when a trainer, in a bid to entice a horse to perform better, reverted to inflicting pain on a horse via an electrical shock.
entice: to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire.
No, that's not quite the word I would have used.
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