'Orthodox Jewish’ Horse Violates the Sabbath to Win Triple Crown
-The Jewish Press
the horse violated shabbos.. perhaps. I am not sure how. The family of the owner stayed in an RV near the track for Shabbos, as no hotel was within walking distance. What did the horse do? He did not plow. He did not turn on any lights or send emails. He did not write a document or open the refridgerator with the light on. He went for a run which might be a problem with "psiyos gasos", but I am not sure that is an actual issur... The track has a fence on it, which probably qualifies as en eruv, so carrying the jockey would not be a problem. The jockey did not do anything wrong because he was a Shabbos Goy.
So what issur did the horse actually violate?
Picking on the headline sounds funny, but online there is a lot of criticism for the Orthodox or traditional owners of American Pharoah for racing the horse on Shabbos despite the obligation to allow one's animals to rest on shabbos from melahca. but I cannot figure out what the horse did wrong, what melacha was performed. It perhaps was not within the spirit of Shabbos observance, but I can't figure out an actual violation of an issur.
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