[GnuHere]

This was just heart-breaking , and I had to turn off the TV as soon as I heard she was down - could not watch the award part.

[MediaMole]

I couldn’t watch all those people celebrating, knowing that one of the horses had died.

[red flanker]

What I am also wondering is this: Running a filly in the Kentucky Derby would be politically expedient to a candidate who runs her race pretty much on the fact of being a female.

I have never bet on a horse race, but something tells me there is more to this story regarding making political news and exerting political pressure no matter what the consequences to other humans and beasts.