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Linneastrylon	2008 Kentucky Derby	Lead	[-]
Posts: 205 (05/03/08 4:04 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Wow! What a race from Big Brown! I hoped he'd win, but didn't think he'd do it so handily! Can't wait for the Preakness now! My happiness is marred, of course, as Eight Belles was my 2nd pick, and she broke both front ankles and had to be put down almost on the spot. Makes you remember how fragile these horses can be. RIP sweetie.
JimCougar		#1	[-]
Posts: 13941 (05/03/08 4:16 PM) ORLWorld Founder Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Linneastrylon wrote: Wow! What a race from Big Brown! I hoped he'd win, but didn't think he'd do it so handily! Can't wait for the Preakness now! My happiness is marred, of course, as Eight Belles was my 2nd pick, and she broke both front ankles and had to be put down almost on the spot. Makes you remember how fragile these horses can be. RIP sweetie. I agree wholeheartedly with both of your sentiments.
aveiceae		#2	[-]
Posts: 124 (05/07/08 9:02 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	it was such a weird, freak accident... like the vet said he'd never seen anything like that in his 25 years on the job. Must have been one heck of a bad step as she was cooling down, who knows. It just bothers me now that PETA is jumping all over this and trying to use it as a cause to push their over-the-top agenda. But wow, Big Brown! he was my pick before the race but I had serious doubts due to his lack of races and that crazy post position.. but he truly is a freak!
JimCougar		#3	[-]
Posts: 13963 (05/07/08 10:12 AM) ORLWorld Founder Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I feel very bad about what happened to Eight Belles, but PETA's lack of rational credibility in all matters, keeps me from worrying about what they are trying to do now. The only ones who listen to PETA are other PETA members. I have a friend whose wife is a PETA member and I have sport with her every now and then just to get a rise from her at social events. I just can't keep from laughing over the outrageous statements that come out of her mouth!
mtk76		#4	[-]
Posts: 1393 (05/10/08 2:24 PM) LSL Writer, Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I am slightly more concerned because even people who aren't PETA radicals but more horse people I am hearing comments from such as they are asking these horses to do too much too soon while they are developing and not yet ready to run. And then the tragedy of it is by the time they grow into their bodies the breeding money is impossible to ignore and then they go off to stud in their prime.
JimCougar		#5	[-]
Posts: 14010 (05/11/08 12:45 AM) ORLWorld Founder Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well my radical solution is to not train and race 2yos at all. Start their training and racing as 3yos when their bodies have developed more and then start their serious races as 4yos including the Triple Crown and Breeders Cup races. That of course, would move the majority of the feature races up to start with 4yos as well. I know that could get me tarred and feathered in most parts of the country.

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