May 04, 2008 02:04 pm Very odd reading that for sure. I can't believe what they will dig up to print or broadcast as news during this election.
weird irony at the kentucky derby?
Posted on May 04, 2008 04:13 am
fortymile
Member Since: Jan 18, 2003
blogs.abcnews.com/politic...arys-horse.html
Hillary’s Horse
May 03, 2008 7:05 PM
Tragedy struck the first filly in the Kentucky Derby since 1999, as Eight Belles went down on the track after her second-place finish today, broke two ankles, and was euthanized.
Showing a sisterhood with the female horse, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., during a trip to Louisville this week had said she was going to bet on Eight Belles to win, place, and show.
ABC News’ Karen Travers reports that Clinton told supporters in Jeffersonville, Ind., earlier this week, "I hope that everybody will go to the derby on Saturday and place just a little money on the filly for me. I won’t be able to be there this year -- my daughter is going to be there and so she has strict instructions to bet on Eight Belles."
Travers also points out that Eight Belles’ trainer, Larry Jones, returned the love. "It looks like it could be the year for the girls," he said. "Eight Belles I’m sure would want to endorse."
The horse Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., picked to show -- Big Brown -- won the Derby.
Obama had picked Colonel John to win and Pyro to place.
Chelsea Clinton attended the Derby. Kentucky’s primary, which Clinton is favored to win, will be held on May 20.
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May 04, 2008 02:04 pm Very odd reading that for sure. I can't believe what they will dig up to print or broadcast as news during this election.
May 05, 2008 07:46 am Very sad, really...I suppose PETA is going to have a fit
...another irony is the time they mention implants part way in the video...
May 05, 2008 08:55 am sportsillustrated.cnn.com...ex.html?cnn=yes
PETA requests that Eight Belles jockey Gabriel Saez be suspended
PETA faxed a letter Sunday to Kentucky's racing authority claiming the filly was "doubtlessly injured before the finish" and asked that Saez be suspended while Eight Belles' death is investigated.
May 05, 2008 04:57 pm yep, saw that. PETA seems to be upset that these horses are even racing at all. And we all know that if there's one thing that's not in horses' genes, it's running. *snicker*
What do I know, but these horses are probably happiest when they're racing.
May 05, 2008 05:03 pm yeah, that was kinda my thought too...they are runners..., now if they used somebody like Shaq as a jockey, yeah, then maybe we could talk about abuse...
May 05, 2008 10:06 pm Yep, that is the stupidest thing I have heard in years. PETA is just trying to stay in the lime light if ya ask me. And what better way then one of the biggest events in the US involving and animal.
All the facts point to the fact she was running out in a good mood with nothing wrong. Having owned several quarter horses in my younger days I can tell you from what I saw that she looked good, not lame or limpy at all. If she was in pain her ears would have been down and twitching and they were not at all. She was galloping smoothly on the out run and showed no sign's of any pain at all. If you run a horse hard and they are hurt they will not run out after a hard race, they will slow quickly and often times toss a rider.
So PETA can go sit in a corner with the other loonies.
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