TomInTib
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Sat May-03-08 05:49 PM
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| 12. "May her spirit run free" |
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You can pretty much count on that, havocmom.
We should all have the opportunity to go out while doing the thing we love the most to do, instead of going down slow.
Running like the wind, like that.
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| -Sad Kentucky Derby |
Jake3463 |
May-03-08 05:37 PM |
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I'm so sad... |
mindfulNJ |
May-03-08 05:39 PM |
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8 Belles made it over the finish line.. |
Tellurian |
May-03-08 05:41 PM |
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that's what makes it so heartbreaking... |
mindfulNJ |
May-03-08 05:47 PM |
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I know, all athletes human and animal |
Tellurian |
May-03-08 05:54 PM |
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She sure as hell wasn't giving up to Big Brown. Lots of heart. |
havocmom |
May-03-08 05:41 PM |
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"May her spirit run free" |
TomInTib |
May-03-08 05:49 PM |
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Poor as I grew up, Tom, I had friends with those trim ankled beauties |
havocmom |
May-03-08 07:15 PM |
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Bittersweet |
ChazII |
May-03-08 05:42 PM |
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I think horse racing needs to stop |
IWantAnyDem |
May-03-08 05:46 PM |
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I agree, it's barbaric |
woolldog |
May-03-08 05:48 PM |
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Woolldog is right. |
progdog |
May-03-08 05:54 PM |
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another dog! |
woolldog |
May-03-08 06:09 PM |
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It's a terrible practice... |
NotThisTime |
May-03-08 05:49 PM |
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Those horses live to run. |
TomInTib |
May-03-08 05:52 PM |
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That's exactly why racing is barbaric. |
sparosnare |
May-03-08 05:56 PM |
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EXACTLY! |
NotThisTime |
May-03-08 06:01 PM |
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Have you ever been around running stock? |
TomInTib |
May-03-08 06:29 PM |
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Hopefully this will call attention to it |
democrattotheend |
May-03-08 06:14 PM |
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You're right too. |
progdog |
May-03-08 05:57 PM |
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They sure are. |
TomInTib |
May-03-08 06:01 PM |
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I didn't know that. |
progdog |
May-03-08 06:07 PM |
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My gosh, the Metaphors are astounding! |
IWantAnyDem |
May-03-08 05:43 PM |
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How tragic. |
sparosnare |
May-03-08 05:46 PM |
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Disgusting. I like thoroughbred racing, but why kill her? |
WinkyDink |
May-03-08 05:47 PM |
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It was the best thing to do with two broken ankles. |
sparosnare |
May-03-08 05:48 PM |
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Couldn't she have had surgery? |
democrattotheend |
May-03-08 05:50 PM |
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Yes but the horse would not have been able to stand while healing - |
sparosnare |
May-03-08 05:53 PM |
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It's an iffy proposition with one broken leg. With two? Impossible. |
fed_up_mother |
May-03-08 06:13 PM |
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A friend who is a trauma orthopedic surgeon showed me the x-rays from Barbaro |
chapel hill dem |
May-03-08 06:18 PM |
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I think the reason is.. |
washingdem |
May-03-08 06:40 PM |
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Yes, even if they have a lameness problem in the front legs.. |
Tellurian |
May-03-08 07:19 PM |
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Yes |
Jake3463 |
May-03-08 05:50 PM |
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In that situation, there is no alternative. nt |
TomInTib |
May-03-08 05:50 PM |
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Because it almost impossible for the horse to live afterwards .... |
Botany |
May-03-08 05:50 PM |
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That's what happened to Barbaro. |
progdog |
May-03-08 06:00 PM |
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There was big old Quarter Horse close to where we had some |
Botany |
May-03-08 06:03 PM |
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Horses can't survive long down on the ground. |
LWolf |
May-03-08 05:51 PM |
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They cannot live if they are lying down.. |
Tellurian |
May-03-08 06:01 PM |
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Yes. |
LWolf |
May-03-08 06:18 PM |
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Horses lie down in their stalls at night.. |
Tellurian |
May-03-08 06:56 PM |
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You're right. If a horse is down for a long time--even if he's uninjured--he will not get up again. |
bklyncowgirl |
May-03-08 06:28 PM |
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So True... |
Tellurian |
May-03-08 07:04 PM |
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I live in Louisville, and this is enough to make me join PETA! |
Imagine My Surprise |
May-03-08 05:56 PM |
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PETA won't help you.. |
Tellurian |
May-03-08 06:07 PM |
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Does PETA protest horse racing? |
democrattotheend |
May-03-08 06:38 PM |
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yes, and rodeos and dog racing. nt |
JoeIsOneOfUs |
May-03-08 06:58 PM |
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This happens all the time , it's no surprise |
Tribetime |
May-03-08 05:58 PM |
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If Hillary hadn't picked that horse |
Jake3463 |
May-03-08 06:07 PM |
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Yes I know, I agree seeing a bunch of millionaire getting their |
Tribetime |
May-03-08 06:11 PM |
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Those horses sell for |
Jake3463 |
May-03-08 06:15 PM |
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Ridiculous.. |
Tellurian |
May-03-08 06:16 PM |
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Horse Racing has been around since the beginning of time.. |
Tellurian |
May-03-08 06:12 PM |
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I agree. |
progdog |
May-03-08 06:13 PM |
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I rode horse when I was younger |
Jake3463 |
May-03-08 06:16 PM |
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Cutting horses are not thoroughbreds.. they're Quarter Horses.. |
Tellurian |
May-03-08 06:19 PM |
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I'll think of Eight Belles each time |
BeatleBoot |
May-03-08 06:13 PM |
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That's, um, pretty sick. |
Kristi1696 |
May-03-08 06:32 PM |
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How is this a "sport"? |
Bright Eyes |
May-03-08 06:17 PM |
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Its like Bull Fighting and Fox Hunting |
Jake3463 |
May-03-08 06:21 PM |
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It's what they did before |
Tellurian |
May-03-08 06:26 PM |
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Why do you think Horses are the Sport of Kings? |
Tellurian |
May-03-08 06:24 PM |
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I agree |
Raine |
May-03-08 06:25 PM |
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Any sport is a competition for the strongest and the best.. |
Tellurian |
May-03-08 06:27 PM |
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How do horses live in the wild? |
Kristi1696 |
May-03-08 06:31 PM |
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Here you go |
Jake3463 |
May-03-08 06:33 PM |
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Wild horses don't get wormed. |
cornermouse |
May-03-08 06:44 PM |
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There is something overly romantic |
Jake3463 |
May-03-08 06:58 PM |
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Thoroughbreds aren't bred for long-term durability, and they're pushed too young |
JoeIsOneOfUs |
May-03-08 06:55 PM |
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Check out jake's wikipedia link above. |
Kristi1696 |
May-03-08 07:03 PM |
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LOL |
Jake3463 |
May-03-08 07:06 PM |
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the wild ones out west are descended from domestic horses |
JoeIsOneOfUs |
May-03-08 07:16 PM |
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also - the ones in central Asia are a diff. species (Equus ferus vs. Equus caballus) nt |
JoeIsOneOfUs |
May-03-08 07:19 PM |
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very sad, tradgic... |
bridgit |
May-03-08 07:06 PM |
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Fucking disgusting, barbaric "sport." I'm so sickened by this, I don't have words. |
Oregonian |
May-03-08 07:16 PM |
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Locking |
The Magistrate |
May-03-08 07:20 PM |
#74 |
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