Horse racing - a despicable sport

There's a lot of stuff out there at the moment about horse racing. I've seen posts on facebook, twitter, forums etc. Horses dying left, right and centre, with pics galore. I certainly don't go looking for it, it's just there and I can't avoid it.
I hate it!!!
There's nothing I can do about the plight of race horses, so I feel totally wretched. I'm sick of seeing the pics and I'm sick of reading all the gory details of how many horses died today!
Another two horses die in the Grand National.
About 40 horses died already in the UK this year, and god knows how many others have been pts due to injury, or shipped abroad for meat because they've not lived up to expectations or they've broken down. These poor horses discarded like yesterdays news!
In the racing industry, the horse is just a commodity, to be used and abused. It's all about the kudos, and it's all about the money.
It saddens me greatly.