Respect horses in triumph, tragedy

Sharon wrote:

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I am not a Pro-Lifer(how did this get into the conversation??)...but I am for LIFE...and any living being, animal, human or otherwise that is on this earth has a right to that LIFE...and not be forced to run or entertain for anyone's pleasure.....we did abolish slavery...except for animals and children...and yes, there is child slavery going on in the good old USA just as there is animal slavery...just listen to the news or google it online...

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nannystate brat wrote:

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It was just thinking you seem like such a caring person, and so set in your convictions. That maybe you had respect for unborn life also.

Mirabel_858 wrote:

Barbaro: One Man's Opinion
OPEN MIKE by Mike Celizic | MSNBC NBC Sports |
part 2
Looking beyond the score in sportsWe watch the Kentucky Derby, anoint the winner as a national hero, then watch the Preakness to see if we’ll have a super horse that wins all three races. After that, we ignore the game until the following May and the next Derby.
It can't end fast enough!!!To bad it takes the death of these beautiful animals to wake some people up!!
Barbaro was one of those horses that was able to fire the imagination. Powerful and fast, it won the Derby impressively and was a favorite for the Preakness. When it broke its right rear leg in three places just 100 yards out of the gate, it was a drama played out before millions on NBC.
Race horses are magnificent animals, and there’s nothing quite like the charge of a field of elite horses as they round the final turn and head into the home stretch. It’s so beautiful a sight we ignore the whips the jockeys flog the horses with, and we don’t stop to think of how close to disaster every horse is with every stride.
They’re like sports cars, highly tuned, as fast as they can be made, and incredibly fragile. A thoroughbred weighs a half ton and runs on ankles that aren’t any thicker than a man’s arm. They’re expensive to keep -$50,000 a year – and far more expensive to buy. They get drugs to prevent bleeding in the lungs and anti-inflammatories and maybe pain killers; the rules on what you can give racehorses are a lot less stringent than those governing what you can give humans.
And even the most humane of trainers knows that if the horse can’t race, it’s not worth a whole lot. And horses that can’t win and don’t have stud value frequently end up sold to slaughterhouses. That’s just the way it is.
It’s great that people care about Barbaro. But the horse racing industry had better hope that doesn’t make the public care about all race horses. If it did, it could kill the industry. Because of people went down at the rate horses did, no one would allow it to continue.

Sharon wrote:

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If it were up to me all animals including owners would have loving homes..not being used for sport...that's not love...that called GREED...but you people who want hotse racing could care less...I may be a "smart mouth" but that's better than being a "dumb" horse rave lover who doesn;t care what happens to these beautiful animals...Mary Loy Whitney can afford to a philanthropist because she makes her monwy off the backs of her horses...What a woman!! Your ramblings don;t even make sense...my niece owns horses and she doesn't race them....she LOVES them and cares for them...as along as their are people like you who want to be entertained and win a few bucks on a horse there will be this abuse...You should be really proude of your ignorance...it definitely comes shining through!!

Sharon wrote:

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If it were up to me all animals including owners would have loving homes..not being used for sport...that's not love...that called GREED...but you people who want hotse racing could care less...I may be a "smart mouth" but that's better than being a "dumb" horse rave lover who doesn;t care what happens to these beautiful animals...Mary Loy Whitney can afford to a philanthropist because she makes her monwy off the backs of her horses...What a woman!! Your ramblings don;t even make sense...my niece owns horses and she doesn't race them....she LOVES them and cares for them...as along as their are people like you who want to be entertained and win a few bucks on a horse there will be this abuse...You should be really proude of your ignorance...it definitely comes shining through!!

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fuzhou wrote:

<quoted text>Everyone one is disagreeing with you,you don't make sense. What does that mean'she can afford to be a philantrapist',thats original and certainly mutually exclusive, personally, I wouldn't want you owning horses. Mary Lou gave thousands of acrs to the state of New York worth millions to name a few,also LEARN TO SPELL.

Angel Dust wrote:

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nag

dmanzi wrote:

am an ex race horse trainer, I feel that the intentions of PETA are noble and I want to help however I can. I have seen first hand what the horses actually mean to the racing industry. they are treated like money making machines and when they can't produce any more money for the owners, the horses are cast off like garbage. I was sickened to see Eight Belles break down, and I was appauled to see what was done to barbaro, that poor horses never had a chance for even a semi normal life after the derby. Something needs to be done to protect the horses even more so now.

Sharon wrote:

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Thanks for your post...it's refreshing to see someone who cares about these animals!!

amandavives wrote:

<quoted text> Sharon, you really need medical attention, you cannot be serious about the crap you have been posting. I've never heard such stupid, incoherent jibe, in all my life, get over yourself, you do not know anything about the business of thoroughbred racing, or aspects including, care and management of the equine species .I was an intern for the chief veterinarian for Barbaro, and cared for the horse during his tragedy, the owners of Barbaro the Jackson's, were wonderful people, and were there every step of the way with Barbaro, they cried when he went down in the Preakness, and when he died, you are a malicious, vindictive person, your wrong to be blunt, in every comment or thought you've posted, I am neutral, I am telling you what I witnessed first hand during the awful consequence of this horse, an athlete, and a champion, in the truest sense of the word.

Sharon wrote:

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If you had anything to do with horses or any other animals I pity them!!!I can give you a name of a good PSYCHIATRIST...especially for those who lie!! An intern for the veterinarian for Barbaro...Right...

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Sharon wrote:

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Regardless of whether you eat meat or not...the point is we as "supposedly intelligent" human beings have to speak up for abused animals...and a magnificent horse that weighs 2,000 pounds racing on legs that are so very fragile is an abused animal...people who choose to race these animals are arrogant and don,t care 2 whits what happens to them...they just want the money and fame....the horse has no choice....they are helpless and have no voice...just the same as small children that are abused....we can only stop this abuse by speaking up...not making a joke out of it!

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WOW wrote:

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Are you kidding. I'm sure that you are a Christian or a Jew or something along those lines, and while I'm not, you probably believe God put animals on this Earth for us. It's a sport, we are the more intelligent animal and thus we get to exert our authority over those less intelligent, much like the smartest make it to the top and end up running companies. You and the rest of your PETA friends should just sit back, get a massage, and chiiillllll.

Mirabel_858 wrote:

Quote from a slaughterhouse worker:
"You move so fast, you don't have time to wait till a horse bleeds out. You skin him as he bleeds. Sometimes a horse's nose is down in the blood, blowing bubbles, and he suffocates."
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From the book "Slaughterhouse" by Gail Eisnitz