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Say it isn't So
January 30, 2007
I've been so upset about this, but I keep telling myself that Barbaro fought a great fight and he was a true champion. There is talk about honoring Barbaro by burying him in a garden near the Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs, next to four other winners. I'm planning on attending the Derby in May and I hope his owners decide to lay him to rest there so I can pay my respects but also because I think that's where he belongs.
Rest In Peace Barbaro!
JIM commented February 1, 2007 06:24 AM
BARBARO WAS A GREAT CHAMPION, HAVE A MINT JULIP ON ME!
Michelle commented February 1, 2007 12:09 PM
This is why I don't support horse racing. There is a huge risk of injury. I'm sure it has come a long way since I was a kid, but I remember seeing a great many horses being shot almost immediately after injuring themselves on the track. We raised horses and my mother forbid my sister and I from watching races because of that reason.
I know that a horse can injure itself in any situation and one can argue that riding in shows and jumping the way we did could lead to injury, but the truth is that they're pushing those horses on a daily basis.
This is so sad and I feel bad for Barbaro, the horse, not the "champion" for having to suffer the way he did.
(I sound like such a tree-hugging hippy. I'm sorry! I just have a very strong attachment to horses)
Lori commented February 1, 2007 09:54 PM
No reason to be sorry, you make excellent points.There is a dark side but I have to tell you the horse racing industry is nothing though compared to what the pharmaceutical companies are doing to abuse horses. When I was volunteering at horse rescue, I learned all about the way they keep these pregnant mares in deplorable conditions in order to get their urine to make and manufacture Prempro, an estrogen hormone used to treat menopause and other hormone replacement drugs. The mares are kept tethered in a narrow stall for their 11 month gestation period and often denied enough water to keep the urine in a more concentrated form. After the foals are born, many of them are slaughtered and their remains are shipped to Eurpoe and Asia for human food. You can read more about it here: http://www.horseofct.org/premarin.html It's truly heartbreaking. I hope people will read and consider making a donation, or spread the word.