Do you think PETA would be interested?

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In a story of a horse that the rider tried to scratch at the gate, that the track vet refused to scratch and that horse breaks down in the stretch of the race?

[RolloTomasi]

Sounds like Horatio Nelson at the Epsom Derby a couple of years ago.

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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Sounds like Horatio Nelson at the Epsom Derby a couple of years ago.

Dont remember that, was it a big deal?

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

Dont remember that, was it a big deal?

The jock, Kieren Fallon, was worried about how the horse warmed up. He had the veterinarian and trainer, Aiden O'Brien, examine the horse at the gate. Delayed the start 10 minutes or so before they deemed him fit to run. He broke down a furlong or so out and had to be put down.

There was certainly an uproar within the racing community, but seeing how it was overseas, I don't think the American press made much of it.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

The jock, Kieren Fallon, was worried about how the horse warmed up. He had the veterinarian and trainer, Aiden O'Brien, examine the horse at the gate. Delayed the start 10 minutes or so before they deemed him fit to run. He broke down a furlong or so out and had to be put down.

There was certainly an uproar within the racing community, but seeing how it was overseas, I don't think the American press made much of it.

wow, thats what happened today as well.

[sundaysilenceforever]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

wow, thats what happened today as well.

Where did this happen today?

[Rootdog1]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

wow, thats what happened today as well.

Was this at Hollywood? That was one bad scene. Based on no inside information, I had my doubts based on her going off form and being scratched the last few times. Just a bad bad day.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

The jock, Kieren Fallon, was worried about how the horse warmed up. He had the veterinarian and trainer, Aiden O'Brien, examine the horse at the gate. Delayed the start 10 minutes or so before they deemed him fit to run. He broke down a furlong or so out and had to be put down.

There was certainly an uproar within the racing community, but seeing how it was overseas, I don't think the American press made much of it.

God, I'll never forget that.....

... and you're right, Fallon did NOT want to ride him.

A ******* shame.

[NoChanceToDance]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

God, I'll never forget that.....

... and you're right, Fallon did NOT want to ride him.

A ******* shame.

That wasn't the case at all. Fallon said he had took a couple of wrong steps on the way to the start, and thought it was better to be safe than sorry to get him checked over. All was fine with the horse at the start.

It was a horrible coincidence. I loved that horse, and am good friends with the girl who looked after him and rode him every morning (as you know). It was a terrible accident.

Everyone blamed Aidan that day, but it was no ones fault.

I do miss that little horse, though. I hate it when Derby day comes every year.

[letswastemoney]

Originally Posted by cmfhb411

They are interested in promoting themselves on the biggest stage possible,
while only working in the path of least resistance. When something like the
Eight Belles incident takes place, that's right up their alley.
Ask any of them about a horse named Cadillac Cruiser who is no longer with us.
The only response you'll get other than "huh ?", will undoubtedly be
"no, I'm not aware of him. What happened ?".
If PETA really cared, they would have been all over that incident and been
just as enthusiastic about exposing what they hate about our game.

OH THAT'S RIGHT !!!! That requires work !

Allowing blogs on their site, from know-nothings who bitched about
Eight Bells running ( yeah that's right, the author claimed she raced )
for the 2nd consecutive day on 5/3/2008, doesn't require any work at all.

When you have a store, you don't advertise your smallest products. You advertise your flashiest items and hope they come in and buy the smaller stuff as well.

Now, PETA focusing on Eight Belles and ignoring the little horses might seem like bad logic, but if you think about if they win whatever they're trying to do, that effect would trickle down to all horses as well, so it makes sense. I don't see the problem on focusing on the most popular horse, as if they focused on some $5,000 claimer no one would care about their cause. But by focusing on Eight Belles, they are trying to make people look at all the racehorses in general, and they get that attention by focusing on the most famous one.

[sumitas]

I recall Brutally Frank was dropped way down his last race. That was a red flag. He broke down.