The only other filly to win the Derby was Regret in 1915. Eight Belles will be the 39th to start the race.

The Fillies need their own turf and nothing else. A rare unblemished finish against colts isn't enough to continue to allow owners of fillies to risk their lives. The 'odds' are against them doing well or surviving.

Belles was a 20 to 1 odds entry. What does that mean?

That means if the owner of the horse placed a $10,000 wager on Belles and she won, he was due to receive $200,000 in winnings and a cool $190,000 take home profit in cash !

In what other sport can that be the case? None.

Belles finished 2nd due to the 'run' in her and she paid 16 to 1 even though she is now DEAD ! (click here)

Her ticket holders are still winners with a second place victory and I guarantee you, her owners are still taking home money without her in the trailer, and that doesn't include the 'prize money.'

You know, sometimes the odds with a good horse in a big race is just enough to make the mortgage payment this month !

It is time to charge the owners of Fillies with Cruelty to Animals. It is nothing but greed and ego that caused the deaths of either of these Fillies

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....