why? it’s just a horse. dont give me that horses are people too crap.
I will, however, say in the strongest terms that a horse who runs (ran) that well in a major stakes race, who must be put down immediately after the race is a tragic figure, man or horse.
Imagine, if you would, your reaction to a runner in the 800 metres race in the Olympics breaking an ankle so badly, compound fracture no doubt, that his system is poisoned, presumably from infection as he continues to run on the broken ankle, and dies very shortly after the race.
This is simply tragedy, in either the actual case at Churchill Downs, or in the hypothetical case above.
BTW, the 'hypothetical' case above is not historically so hypothetical at all. You may recall a chap named Pheidippedes from Greek history.
At least we won’t be subject to a year of Barbaro threads. I have nothing against horses, aside from the fact that I would not date or marry a woman who has or wants to have horses. They take too much time and if she wants something to “ride”, I have a better option for a wife to ride.
And you are right, it is just a horse. I didn’t watch the race and also have no interest in seeing the video of the horse going down or being euthanized.
Not really, but horses are like dogs...really, really expensive dogs with investors in many cases. There's the affection for a beloved performing pet and a terrible loss of an asset. Two different ends of the spectrum in sentiment, assuredly, but large concerns at both ends.
There's a huge amount of investment in emotion and dollars to raise a horse and train him for this sport. It's simply crushing to have it end this way.
No way does a horse equal a man, but there is way more emotional investment in a horse than the average livestock.
No, horses are people. But they are God's creatures, and the way this happened was just tragic.
No, it isn't a big deal, but it's sad that it's being used to take shots at Hillary. Not fair to the horse.
And I'm talking about the horse, I wasn't taking a shot at anyone.