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Eight Belles

I watch horse races constantly and I think this is the first breakdown I've seen since Barbaro. I don't know if that's chance or the better horses are more at risk. Big Brown is a great horse but that was a very sad ending.

Posted by lyzurgyk on Saturday May 3, 2008 at 6:47pm |
KathyF (mail) (www):
You obviously don't watch many horse races, because this sort of thing happens all the time. Horses are bred to be fast, not sturdy; race tracks are harsh surfaces to run on, and horses are run before their bones have even formed properly.

If the rates of death in horseracing occurred in any other sport, we would never stand for it. If you truly are a fan of horseracing, maybe you should read and sign this petition.
5.8.2008 6:48am

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