Filly Eight Belles is 2nd, but suffers fatal injury

CoffeeBreak wrote:

<quoted text>So, let me guess, you're 10yrs. right?

Did you recognize the mentality? Or is it above your head? M A Y B E W E C A N T Y P E S L O W E R F O R Y O U S O Y O U C A N U N D E R S T A N D.

xoxo Eight Belles wrote:

Remember 1986 Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand? Life of Riley, right? Wrong ... he ended up on someone's plate with a side a Fava Beans and a nice Chianti.

Nice reference to Hannibel but unless you're a horse, it's not relevant.

BONNYOSHEA wrote:

<quoted text>this is one of the dumbest posts you have come up with yet jelley belly !! Did your sister shelly belly give you this question.......... Please think before you ask another re........tarded question like this !!!!!!!

Do you know you are worse than a pesty fly?!!

BONNYOSHEA wrote:

<quoted text>Of course horses are sold for a profit !!!!! How long could a person stay in buisness if he sold horses at a loss ??? and cattle are being killed for a profit too....... and wheat and peas and carrots are being killed for a profit too........do you eat meat or veggies ????? do you have a brain ya dumb azz ???

I never said SOLD, I said KILLED, as in insurance money. And that is a first that wheat and peas and carrots are being KILLED! Now who is the idiot here, they are harvested and NOT killed.

Another money grubbing "breeder" claiming her "love" of horses. Does "money" play a factor in your decision to over "breed" horses. Oh no, it's just the love! Pfft!!

nasfan wrote:

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It has nothing to do with the animal's "worth". The injury Eight Belles had was excruciating and impossible to come back from. When a human break's a leg they can keep their wieght off of it and let it heal that's almost impossible with an animal the size of a horse as they are so heavy, even if you can keep the weight off of the bad leg doing that weakens the other leg's and create's other problem's (example Barbaro) it was actually more humane to put her down right there like they did other than move her to the barn and make her suffer god know's how much longer. I do agree that racing is done too early. I don't break my horses till 3 or 4 and these are started at one they're still baby's really.

Eran Reya wrote:

Do you know that 19 of the 20 horses in the Derby were all related to Native Dancer. That is not good.

Duh?!? Did YOU know that EVERY horse in the Derby was related to Eclipse?
What's wrong with you?

"Mom" writes about Animals not having souls? Take away the Bible and show me PROOF that humans have souls! I'm just curious as to why the filly ran with rear boots but no front support boots, they may have saved her life if she had worn them? Sad day.

Let's ask if Equipoise had been injected into the filly ... or some other brand of steroids. Every day, horses are forced to get injected with steroids and painkillers and diuretics - the diuretics if they need them or not - because God Forbid - SOMEONE may have the edge on you by juicing THEIR horses - so let's shoot them up, because everyone else is doing it!

YOU ARE CLUELESS

WTH wrote:

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Nice reference to Hannibel but unless you're a horse, it's not relevant.

Ummmm ... the post was about the fate of most racehorses.

But I am glad my reference to the Hannibal Lecter didn't go unnoticed!
:)

BONNYOSHEA wrote:

<quoted text>the horse broke its legs because the trainer made the horse stop too quickly at too high of a speed...He should have let the horse slow down on its own... that being said you can stop a horse quickly and not have broken legs... it was a freak accident that could happen to you if you turned the wrong way at the wrong time... accidents happen...... get over it

ah, BONNYOSHEA appears to be a freak accident. please, readers, judge it-judge this comment, let's tally up and send the Canadian back to her own WWW (wouldn't that be nice)

The beautiful filly, I sense investigation should take place.
The reason we are crying on this thread, this is why there are threads, to communicate on.(of course, there are creatures like BONNY who do not understand communication)
Will this thread end? How does that work?
I laugh already at your ignorant "answer" BONNY.
two words for you...

Equine wrote:

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What was sad was that they made him suffer for so long before they put him down. Want to know why they went to all that trouble?$$$ They wanted him to breed and a thoroughbred breeding has to be from a live cover, not frozen sperm. IOW: he had to mount a mare to breed it. Without his back leg, he couldn't do that. They kept him alive for $$ purposes. Anyone with a heart would have let him go long before.
This mare needed to be put down and they did it ASAP. Yes, it's sad that her race ended like that but that's what happens in racing sometimes. Check out what happens to the back yard horses that people are getting rid of in droves these days and maybe you won't feel so personally bereft for a horse who died doing what she was designed to do.

You really don't have a clue about what the Jackson's wanted for Barbaro. You should know these people before you going shooting your mouth off. These people are not what you think they are. They are wonderful, caring owners. Barbaro had the desire to live just up until laminitis got him. Also, Barbaro is the reason there is much more known about this disease. Being in the equine business, I thought you would be smarter. Just don't speak false of people you haven't a clue about.

jelly belly wrote:

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I never said SOLD, I said KILLED, as in insurance money. And that is a first that wheat and peas and carrots are being KILLED! Now who is the idiot here, they are harvested and NOT killed.

they die when you harvest them ya dumbazz !!

haven wrote:

"Mom" writes about Animals not having souls? Take away the Bible and show me PROOF that humans have souls! I'm just curious as to why the filly ran with rear boots but no front support boots, they may have saved her life if she had worn them? Sad day.

"Mom" has no soul so she doesn't want to think animals might have one. Perhaps I can track down an animal loving Wiccan who knows a spell to make "mom" disappear.

WTH wrote:

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Wow - feeling sorry for the animals, but no sympathy for parents who lose their child. You are an atypical animal rights nut. Not doubt about it.

They don't like humans very much at all period.

We feel that animals have the same rights as retarded children."
-Alex Pacheco, Director, PETA, New York Times, January 14, 1989.

"The life of an ant and that of my child should be granted equal consideration."
-Michael W. Fox, Vice President, The Human Society of the United States, The Inhumane Society, New York, 1990.

Regan when asked which he would save, a dog or a baby, if a boat capsized in the ocean: "If it were a retarded baby and a bright dog, I'd save the dog."
-Tom Regan, Q&A session following a speech, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October
'27, 1989
"In a war you have to take up arms and people will get killed, and I can support that kind of action by petrol bombing and bombs under cars, and probably at a later stage, the shooting of vivisectors on their doorsteps. It's a war, and there's no other way you can stop vivisectors."
-Tim Daley, British Animal Liberation Front Leader

"If a girl gets sexual pleasure from riding a horse, does the horse suffer? If not, who cares? If you French kiss your dog and he or she thinks it's great, is it wrong? We believe all exploitation and abuse is wrong. If it isn't exploitation and abuse, it may not be wrong."
-Ingrid Newkirk, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

They are all insane.

Don't blame Peta john boy, you backwoods derelict, blame bad pet owners like I strongly suspect you are or have been.
What is PETA’s position on euthanasia?
Every day in the United States, tens of thousands of puppies and kittens are born. Compare this to the nearly 11,000 human births each day, and it’s clear that there can never be enough homes for all these animals. Shelters are stuck with the heartrending job of dealing with animals nobody wants.
(Those who refuse to spay and neuter their animals, who abandon animals when they grow tired of them, and who patronize pet shops instead of adopting stray or shelter animals make euthanasia a tragic necessity.)

BAD JOHN wrote:

Another beautiful horse killed by man's greed...There is absolutely no need for any horse racing or dog racing in this world. Circuses either. Folks should be just as outraged over horse racing as they are about dog fighting.. it's the same. Greedy, greedy, unethical people making money on the backs of animals... These people are no better than the other scumbags in the world that exploit animals.. because no matter how fancy the trappings, it's still exploitation
-one thing you know nothing about is the life these horses lead-the cheapest claimer at the cheapest.PETS HAs KILLED BY their own hand more dogs and cats in the last five years than the total of all horses that had to be put down in the last 50 years due to racing injuries.

Boy has this site really turned to trash.

"I'm just curious as to why the filly ran with rear boots but no front support boots, they may have saved her life if she had worn them? Sad day. "
ACTUALLY THE BANDAGES(BOOTS)GIVE VERY LITTLE SUPPORT THEY ARE USED GENERALLY FOR A CONDITION KNOWN AS RUNNING DOWN(HAPPENS MORE IN HIND LIMBS)
when a horse runs down in effect he or she is abraded on the heels of their ankles by the track
surface the application of a rundown patch(3m makes good ones)on that area and a vet wrap bandage helps prevent this. a vet wrap also works well on a tendon(bow) but there is nothing strong enough to support and keep ankles from breaking.

"Eight Belles" Should Sound the End of Racetrack Betting
Just after crossing the finish line in the Kentucky Derby on May 3, 2008, a young filly named Eight Belles collapsed when both of her front ankles snapped. She was euthanized in the dirt where she lay, the latest victim of the dirty business of thoroughbred racing.

Eight Belles' death is yet another reminder that these horses are raced when they are so young that their bones have not properly formed, and they are often raced on surfaces that are too hard for their bones—like the hard track at Churchill Downs. Eight Belles' jockey whipped her mercilessly as she came down the final stretch. This is no great surprise, since trainers, owners, and jockeys are all driven by the desire to make money, leaving the horses to suffer terribly.

PETA is calling on the racing industry to suspend the jockey and trainer, to bar the owner from racing at the track, and, at the very least, to stop using young horses who are so susceptible to these types of horrific injuries. We're also demanding that the industry stop racing horses on hard tracks and switch to softer, synthetic surfaces, which would spare horses' bones and joints, in addition to calling for a permanent ban on the use of whips. Help PETA call for an end to cruelty masquerading as sport by using the form below to take action today.

Although Eight Belles' death, like Barbaro's before hers, made headlines, countless lesser-known horses suffer similar fates—their broken legs and battered bodies are simply hidden from public view. Most racehorses end up broken down or cast off or are sent to Europe for slaughter.

Please use the form below to join PETA in demanding that the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority institute sweeping reforms that would stop needless, preventable suffering and cruelty in the racing industry.

Petition-Take Action:
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/eight_bell...

hey anomy-
this is what i wrote the peta chick wrote the first part.
one thing you know nothing about is the life these horses lead-the cheapest claimer at the cheapest.PETS HAs KILLED BY their own hand more dogs and cats in the last five years than the total of all horses that had to be put down in the last 50 years due to racing injuries.

What everyone here who cares about horses should be addressing is the fact that TB horses shouldn't even be bearing weight on their back until the age of 5. That is when their plates in their knees finally begin to close. Horse racing is the equivelant to toddler children lifting weights. Sport of Kings? I think not!