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

[minxyminou.livejournal.com]

It's horrible that Eight Belles was killed in the Derby...I guess the positive that will come from it is that it raises the general public's awareness of the dark side of the racing industry.

Aside from the issue of very young horses being trained very hard on immature limbs there's also the less visible issue of what happens to huge numbers of unsuccessful race horses. Slow horses injured or healthy often end up being dumped at auction. The lucky ones become pleasure horses..the unlucky ones end up being slaughtered.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGE_fMuogKA