Ruffian (click here) died in a 'match race' with a colt, Foolish Pleasure. It should have never taken place. The owners, trainers and jockeys should be prosecuted for Cruelty to Animals.
Dead Horse Walking - Having fillies race against colts at this level of competition is a death sentence from the beginning. The fillies have as much 'heart' to win if not more, but, their bone and muscles structures are different and they suffer unrecoverable injuries as a result because they are 'competition' horses from their birth. They don't know when they are going to hurt themselves and they are the innocent in a game of 'horse play' where millions if not billions of dollars ride on the outcome of their performance.
ENOUGH !!!
2008 Kentucky Derby: Eight Belles An Underlay at 20-1 (click here)
Written by John O'Brien
Saturday, 03 May 2008
"2008 Kentucky Derby: Eight Belles An Underlay at 20-1"
Online sports betting giant Sportsbook.com has the lone filly in the 2008 Kentucky Derby Eight Belles at 20-1 betting odds in today's race at Churchill Downs. Eight Belles is red hot coming into the 2008 Kentucky Derby on a four-race win streak with an average speed rating of 96.5. Eight Belles is a female but she comes from championship caliber stock with her sire Unbridle’d Song regarded as the most talented horse to run in the 1996 Kentucky Derby.
Eight Belles is a well-schooled horse that is as strong as her male counterparts but untested against anything but ordinary competition. History is not on Eight Belles side as only 3 filly’s in the 134 years of the Kentucky Derby have been winners....
Written by John O'Brien
Saturday, 03 May 2008
"2008 Kentucky Derby: Eight Belles An Underlay at 20-1"
Online sports betting giant Sportsbook.com has the lone filly in the 2008 Kentucky Derby Eight Belles at 20-1 betting odds in today's race at Churchill Downs. Eight Belles is red hot coming into the 2008 Kentucky Derby on a four-race win streak with an average speed rating of 96.5. Eight Belles is a female but she comes from championship caliber stock with her sire Unbridle’d Song regarded as the most talented horse to run in the 1996 Kentucky Derby.
Eight Belles is a well-schooled horse that is as strong as her male counterparts but untested against anything but ordinary competition. History is not on Eight Belles side as only 3 filly’s in the 134 years of the Kentucky Derby have been winners....
