Horse racing

:( I havent heard what happened...but I am afraid to know.

Brutal Business
Of Horse Racing
Fatal injury of Derby Runner-Up
Is Reminder of Sport's Tragic Side, that is the headline on the roadrunner page

NORFOLK, Va.(AP) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is seeking the suspension of Eight Belles' jockey after the filly had to be euthanized following her second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.

I'm going to wait for the outcome of the investigation before I weigh in.

horse racing is a useless sport.you see these animals trained to run there hearts out and the owners and trainers reap the benefits.as for the investigation,i would cast an eye on the trainer.some of the things they inject into these magnificent animals is a joke.

I've never felt racing any animal was a good thing.

I work with someone who races thoroughbreds, and his opinion was that the trainer and owner of this particular filly were idiots to run her in that race. She was not strong enough, and did not have the muscle required to run as hard as they were pushing her - therefore her ankles bore the brunt of the impact, and they broke under the strain.

SueBee- that's what my father-in-law said-she should have never been raced to begin with. He raises and races throughbreads, but doesn't make a killing out of it.

He is very particuliar with his horses and trainers and jockeys and makes sure his horses are in top notch health before he races them. He has pulled his horses out of races up until the last minute if he feels something isn't right.

There will always be people who are greedy and just want the money-despite the consequences, whether it is racing or some other sport...karen

Karen -

The person I work with is EXTREMELY careful about racing his horses, and only does so if he thinks they are fit to do so. He said this filly would never have had a chance to beat Big Brown anyway, because he was a male. He said racing a filly against a big male like that would ensure that it would be the filly's last race - every time. He cited several other fillies that have raced and been pushed too hard, and broken an ankle - it's almost always the same injury, because the fillies don't muscle out as quickly as the males do, and the owners almost always try to race them too soon or push them too hard. They ran that poor horse to death, and they should be ashamed of themselves.