Eight Belles

[ksmith]

Son of a bitch.

Just before it started, I thought just let them all get through the race.

I used to love to watch horse racing, but I'm developing a serious aversion. It just seems like the horses can't take the pounding.

Comments

[topayz4.livejournal.com]

I shed some serious tears :(

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

All the horse people are saying the same thing. Too young. Too tall. Not ready.

I hope the ratings fall through the floor because viewers won't want to watch horses crash and burn. If the money starts leaving, maybe, just maybe, people will look at the horses and realize something needs to change.

Or maybe responsible breeders have tried, but are being swamped out by the greedy ones.

[topayz4.livejournal.com]

There's just something wrong in that it seems during every major day of racing at least one horse is injured so badly it's put down.

I wish they would change the Triple Crown to 4 year olds, but that's just not going to happen.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I remember when I first started watching Olympics equestrian events, and being surprised at how "old" the horses were. From what I'm learning, their age is the right age for that type of work/stress. My view was skewed by early exposure to horse racing.