RIP Barbaro

[Tim Hancock]

Originally posted by speeder


"Just a horse"? Horses are great animals, and humans get very attached to them. Been going on for centuries. Some people just think of animals as *****

Compared to people yes, however I must admit I was pulling for the horse also. I am on the "it's just an animal" side of the fence when it comes to spending $1000 at the vet on a 13 year old dog or cat, but I guess I retain a soft spot for horses from when I was a kid begging my parents for a pony.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

[porsche911girl]

Originally posted by strupgolf
Its a horse. yes a famous horse, get over it. Its a horse, yes a fast horse, but still, just a horse. There have been many more famous and faster and there will be more to come. But it's JUST A HORSE. I'm sure the owners are crying because he died; no, they're crying because they won't get the BIG DOLLARS he could have brought them. Get over it.

Well, as a horse racing enthusiast, I can assure you that I am crying because he was doing better...I honestly didn't see it coming. So I am in NO way crying over the big dollars--far from it! I hate that it took such a tragic event for the whole nation to be tuned into horse racing, of only for a brief time, but I'm glad it did get some people interested. Maybe some of them will stick around to watch the good things that happen out on the racetrack.

[HardDrive]

LOL. That cold man....

Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile

[porsche911girl]

Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile

That's just mean!

[dd74]

I wonder if it's the animal's value that brings on such strange jocularity about it being euthanized. If so, here's an alternative race animal.
But hey, if they break a leg, don't worry, they're just dogs.

[porsche911girl]

Originally posted by dd74
I wonder if it's the animal's value that brings on such strange jocularity about it being euthanized. If so, here's an alternative race animal.
But hey, if they break a leg, don't worry, they're just dogs.

Nice! I love the sarcasm. I'm a huge dog lover too

[TSNAPCRACKLEPOP]

my kitty will eat like a king this evening

[Z-man]

Originally posted by KevinP73
Dan, I'd be willing to bet they were "milking" that stud as much as they could just in case he couldn't be saved.

Ok - I no longer am complaining about my job or career. Problably won't complain about it for the rest of my life.

I know it is serious business, but I can't imagine that guy explaining what he does for a living at a cocktail party.

Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, "Woa, Nellie..."

Now pardon my while I poke out my mind's eye, and pick it up from the gutter...
-Z-man.

[arcsine]

I too was hoping Barbaro could live out his life eating hay and messing around. I would be surprised though if Barbaro is bred. Horse breeders are uber-serious about the gene stocks they chose to breed and like it or not, while Barbaro was fast, he was also fragile. When your bones fail to possess the ability to cope with the forces imposed, you have crossed a line of functionality.

[dd74]

Originally posted by Z-man
Ok - I no longer am complaining about my job or career. Problably won't complain about it for the rest of my life.

I know it is serious business, but I can't imagine that guy explaining what he does for a living at a cocktail party.

Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, "Woa, Nellie..."

Now pardon my while I poke out my mind's eye, and pick it up from the gutter...
-Z-man.

It's perfectly legit once your first paycheck "comes" in.

[JeremyD]

yeah - hear he was a "two hander"

[strupgolf]

I am, a animal liker. I like all animals. But that racing dog picture is sick. If you have seen the pictures of the dogs that are past their prime, and the conditions they endure, then you might get a different opinion. There are some people that take advantage of these animals for their own benefit (money) and when the are done with them, they dont give a sh#t. A racing horse is a beautiful thing in itself, and I wish each to live out in stud, but the dirty side of racing came out with Barbaro.

[widgeon13]

from today's NYTimes

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/opinion/30tue4.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[Moneyguy1]

Seems as if Lemuel GUlliver preferred the Hynuims(sp) to the Yahoos...

Sometimes I do as well.