how to kill a horse.

[brndck]

http://sports.yahoo.com/rah/news?slug=ap-kentuckyderby&prov=ap&type=lgns
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)—Big Brown backed up his trainer’s boasts with an explosive finishing kick and won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday—a day marred by the fatal breakdown of the filly Eight Belles.

The cheers for the winner’s decisive victory were cut short when Eight Belles, the runner-up, was euthanized on the track minutes after the race when she collapsed with two broken front ankles.

The unbeaten Big Brown took charge when the 20-horse field turned for home. Under the urging of jockey Kent Desormeaux, Big Brown cruised to a 4 3/4 -length victory to become the seventh unbeaten Derby winner with his fourth consecutive win. The last one was Barbaro in 2006.

Eight Belles was attempting to become the fourth filly to win the Derby. However, as the horses galloped out around the first turn, the filly fell to the ground and jockey Gabriel Saez jumped off.

An equine ambulance came onto the track, but the filly could not be saved, said Dr. Larry Bramlage, the Derby’s on-call veterinarian.

“When we passed the wire I stood up. She started galloping funny. I tried to pull her up. That’s when she went down,” a distraught Saez said.

[BustedS13]

wow, they didn't even drag it off the track before killing it? horse racing is rad

[Dirty Habit]

Awesome. Horse racing is retarded. Ive never found it interesting at all.

[sirfallsalot243]

That horse ran an awesome race too. Im pretty sure she was winning until big brown made the move from 5th to 1st. Sucks though. :(

[SW20Racer]

Awesome. Horse racing is retarded. Ive never found it interesting at all.

werd. its right up there with greyhound racing on my list of things to hate

[Andrew Bohan]

i'm glad they don't kill people when they break their bones

everyone i know would dead

[muddafakka]

i'm glad they don't kill people when they break their bones

everyone i know would dead
Yep that's true.

Sucks what happened though.

[ronmcdon]

seems really cold to just kill an animal just b/c it's can't make more $$$ for the owners. what's it for those filthy rich cheap bastards to take care of sick animal? thats just wrong imo.

[murda-c]

Meh you're bred to race, you can't race, you die.

Shouldn't have broke your ankles.

I mean you're a horse, you should know how to run.

[kingkilburn]

seems really cold to just kill an animal just b/c it's can't make more $$$ for the owners. what's it for those filthy rich cheap bastards to take care of sick animal? thats just wrong imo.

Horses don't recover well from broken leg bones. There isn't much of any thing you could do but put it in traction for months. I don't see that happening with a high strung race horse.

Also think about the loss they took by letting it die. Thats a potential investment in the millions with no return.

[SW20Racer]

Horses don't recover well from broken leg bones. There isn't much of any thing you could do but put it in traction for months. I don't see that happening with a high strung race horse.

Also think about the loss they took by letting it die. Thats a potential investment in the millions with no return.

you beat me to it. if they let the horse live, it would never have a normal life again. even if the bones do heal it would be in constant pain

[unwed_transient]

when a horse breaks a leg, 9/10 it must be put down. it's the most humane thing to do. jesus, the way you people talk you'd think $$ was the only thing that ever matters to anyone.

[Antihero983]

jesus, the way you people talk you'd think $$ was the only thing that ever matters to anyone.

well when it comes to horse racing it does....and this is america after all....

[flclsteve]

yea saw it on the news fucked but wasnt surprised really

[BustedS13]

well when it comes to horse racing it does....and this is america after all....

uh, this is the human race after all
we're all after money, americans are just better at it :p
(i have no way to back up this claim but i'm pretty sure that even with our shitty dollar we still rock the house)

[Antihero983]

HAHAHA well put, busted. + for j00

[Phlip]

It's more about quality of life... That horse had broken BOTH front ankles, one so badly that it broke skin, she would have NEVER been able to have a comfortable life moving forward... They should have put Barbaro down the same way, but they wanted to get money back out of him for stud fees, so they kept him up for a LONG time before putting him down.
Putting a horse down ON the track is not uncommon, it's just that horse racing isn't on TV as much as, say, basketball.

[Andrew Bohan]

sometimes i wish they'd put down basketball players on the court

now that would be something

you do some dirty play, and the ref shoots you on the spot

[illvialuver]

that would make it worth them getting paid millions.

[opponheimer]

sometimes i wish they'd put down basketball players on the court

now that would be something

you do some dirty play, and the ref shoots you on the spot


hahaha funny

[Phlip]

My question, here, is why didn't they put the screen up around her to put her down, like they normally do, it does not seem they did when I was watching SportsCenter this morning...
My next question, here, is what method do they use to put a horse down like that?

[Andrew Bohan]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/05/04/bc.rac.peta.eightbelles.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is seeking the suspension of Eight Belles' jockey after the filly had to be euthanized following her second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.

Gabriel Saez was riding Eight Belles when she broke both front ankles while galloping out a quarter of a mile past the wire. She was euthanized on the track.

PETA faxed a letter Sunday to Kentucky's racing authority claiming the filly was "doubtlessly injured before the finish" and asked that Saez be suspended while Eight Belles' death is investigated.

"What we really want to know, did he feel anything along the way?" PETA spokeswoman Kathy Guillermo said. "If he didn't then we can probably blame the fact that they're allowed to whip the horses mercilessly."

Eight Belles trainer Larry Jones said the filly was clearly happy when she crossed the finish line.

"I don't know how in the heck they can even come close to saying that," Jones told The Associated Press on Sunday. "She has her ears up, clearly galloping out."

Guillermo said if Saez is found at fault, the group wants the second-place prize of $400,000 won by Eight Belles to be revoked.

Saez, a 20-year-old Panama native, was riding in his first Kentucky Derby. He frequently rides for Jones.

A call to the jockeys' room at Delaware Park, where Saez raced on Sunday, went unanswered.

Eight Belles, the first filly since 1999 to run in the Derby, appeared fine until collapsing while galloping out after the finish.

The letter to the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority also sought a ban on whipping, limits on races and the age of racehorses, and a move to softer, artificial surfaces for all courses.

[allntrlundrgrnd]

second place is the first loser, you die.

[Farzam]

I actually watched the race the other day

RIP horsie, RIP

[S13SilviaGirl]

My question, here, is why didn't they put the screen up around her to put her down, like they normally do, it does not seem they did when I was watching SportsCenter this morning...
My next question, here, is what method do they use to put a horse down like that?

While I did not see this, if there was more concern for the horse, they usually wont waste any time. If there was a possibility of saving the horse, they have more time.


Putting a horse down is a hard thing to do, and if you really want to know how they do it hit me up on AIM.

[s14_legend]

yeah they had to put the horse to sleep...it would've only suffered...