oh christ - another horse down
 

fuck - how sad :(

shit - the filly who finished 2nd Eight Bells broke both her front ankles and had to be destroyed on the spot :(

thats sad. euthanized right on the track

Who's for burgers?

Broke both ankles and still finished 2cnd... damn

How sad. :(

I'm not a big horse racing enthusiast, but I usually watch the Triple Crown races and a few other big derby races.

I didn't realize until I did a little research just now how common it is for horses to die as a result of racing:

:Oh crap

ADG

Pretty shocking.

But the Kentucky Derby people must be breathing a sigh of relief that she came in second and not first. Imagine the nightmare of having to put the winner down right there.

I'll bet that horse would have won had it not been for the broken legs.

Yeah that was pretty awful man. Sat and watched the race, and then wham, dead animal. If it's the surface, then they need to fix it. If it's the bulk of muscle too heavy for safe running, they need to fix that.

The problem is that so many horses have been bred with the Native Dancer bloodline that horses are very brittle now because of it. I've seen estimates that 75% of thoroghbreds have been crossed with that line.

Native Dancer's line produces fast, muscled up horses that are prone to leg injuries. Eight Belles is a Native Dancer descendant through her dam's sire.

The horse went down as soon as the bones broke. Two broken bones would not have supported the horse's weight. They were broken as she pulled up after the race was over.