[ZGuy]

"he was laying down very peacefully, sleeping in his stall"

That can't be. According to the reporter on NBC, "Horses can never lay down because they'll die. That's why you have to to put them down when they injure a leg."

I guess Barbaro didn't get the memo. (Maybe they can now market him as a "miracle horse" that can lay down . . . and live!)

[cjshapi]

If the reporter on NBC said that they should be fired for being a moron. Horses do lay down, but they cannot stay down for extended periods of time.

Heck, I have one who lets me sit and lean against him while he's laying down.

[AnAmericanMother]

LOL! I need to send the NBC reporter the pic of my mare lying down in her stall with her head in my lap.

(She had just had new shoes put on and her feet were feeling ouchy, so she lay down and I went in to give her a little suspect commiseration and somebody snapped our picture.)

[ecurbh]

According to the reporter on NBC, "Horses can never lay down because they'll die. That's why you have to to put them down when they injure a leg."

Not true, our horses lay down all the time. They just can't ~stay~ down for extended periods.

[Redcloak]

My wife's gelding didn't get the memo either. He spends a big chunk of his day laying down and napping. She says that sleeping is his favorite gait.