Kentucky Derby Thoughts
They should have saved the horse…and euthanized the damn jockey!!! A horse doesn’t shatter two legs after she crosses the finish line…unless the horse was already in trouble before the finish line…or got pulled up too early after the race was done!!!
May 5, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Enjoy my thoughts from 16 minutes after Eight Belles died
:
http://travjohnson.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/eight-belles-is-dead-a-bad-sign-for-hillary-clinton/
May 5, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Maybe they should of had Todd Bentley pray for the horse…
How’s that revival comin’?
May 6, 2008 at 5:43 am
Comment shows you don’t know much about horses. And that you have an emotional connection with the horse over the human. Your comment is like saying a human athlete can’t play in a football came and tear up their knee without being hit or injured before. But I can show you instances where that has happened.
May 6, 2008 at 10:28 am
The Jockey rode a horse that just made $400,000. Was is wortht the risk? How many athletes would risk further injury when playing in the Super Bowl, or the Finals? IMO, Most would.
May 6, 2008 at 11:19 am
Ted - A human athlete has a choice…the horse didn’t…but the jockey did. By the way…I know quite a bit about horses…I helped pay a semester or two of college by working with a thoroughbred trainer. The argument that I put forth is one that many experts within the horse racing community are also putting forth. I am not an expert…but I’ve been around the block enough to know when a jockey, trainer and owner cared more about winning…than the life of the horse.
Charles - Good point about the jockey and the money. I wonder if Eight Belles thought it was worth the $400,000? I also wonder if the $400,000 made a dent in the cost to raise, train and care for the horse over the years…not to mention what they financially could have made on her in retirement?
May 6, 2008 at 11:26 am
Joey - I went to the “revival” today…I will report later this week.
May 7, 2008 at 8:19 pm
“Thank you…. thank you very much.” (please infer the Elvis tone and inflection)
May 13, 2008 at 8:27 am
should have “euthanized the damn jockey!!!” Very funny . . . and I agree.