I actually feel bad for the horse and was really upset about it. But to cancel dinner plans?
This is a dangerous sport at times and it's good to keep in perspective that accidents happen at tracks every day at every track.
Now if a TC potential just loses one of the jewels, or has to be pulled for health concerns that's one thing. But having this happen just turned our stomachs. Same thing with the guys at work with me tonight. We had planned on celebrating and maybe speculating on the Belmont. Then this, and knowing how painful and life threatening it is...well....nobody felt like food.
And it isn't just about the horse. It's all the people who work with the horse and feel worse than we do about it. I'm sure many of them are going through a lot more than upset stomachs right now.
NoOw that I think about it it's kinda selfish on our part. Talking about how the outcome is affecting us and not thinking about the animal and those people who were close to it.
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