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Absolutely, horses have it nowhere near as bad as animals that we farm for food and other products. If we are classifying animals lives in a simplistic manner, then I put horses in the "Slave" category and I put farm animals in the "Horrific torture" category. I totally agree with you that I'd rather be a slave than horrifically tortured.
I know you think you're being very clever by creating a strawman and ridiculing said strawman, but everyone sees right through that and just rolls their eyes.
Horses have it far better than most wild animals. It's not even close. You're either underestimating the living conditions of most Horses, or overestimating the living conditions of most wild animals. Probably both.