tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post781825612380316857..comments2023-11-03T09:09:32.113-04:00Comments on Behind the Stove: "She ran with the heart of a locomotive, on champagne-glass ankles..."*BabelBabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00467487618830618571noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-81551459707301097022008-05-19T11:10:00.000-04:002008-05-19T11:10:00.000-04:00Thanks for this post. So many people assume that ...Thanks for this post. So many people assume that if seeing horses run like that makes the hair on your arms stand up from the glory of it that you are insensitive to the horror of the bad side. <BR/><BR/>I wish they would, for starters, race them at 3 instead of 2. Their bones would be more developed. And the WSJ is so right about inbreeding as a serious problem. <BR/><BR/>The horses do love to run, it is up to people to make it as safe as poss for them to do it...jordi https://www.blogger.com/profile/01231592235682151842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-16298546880771770482008-05-05T13:06:00.000-04:002008-05-05T13:06:00.000-04:00this is heartbreaking. such beautiful, delicate an...this is heartbreaking. such beautiful, delicate animals.<BR/><BR/>i've never really thought about the selective breeding that goes on - engineering the perfect horse, as it were. <BR/><BR/>such a shame.jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15074098641163643790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-48560315562238819272008-05-05T05:48:00.000-04:002008-05-05T05:48:00.000-04:00I was hoping that someone would write about this. ...I was hoping that someone would write about this. I always cringe when I hear about one of the horses going down during a race. Or in this case, right after the race. I don't like horse-racing, but then you might have been able to predict that.Miz Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797076536055067930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-32926085999542033602008-05-04T20:45:00.000-04:002008-05-04T20:45:00.000-04:00linkhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB12096835684356...link<BR/>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120968356843561083.htmlHungry in LAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998887264962077429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-81008859136321104112008-05-04T20:42:00.000-04:002008-05-04T20:42:00.000-04:00The WSJ article was really interesting. If 75% of...The WSJ article was really interesting. If 75% of the thoroughbreds racing today can trace back to Native Dancer, sometimes through both parents, there is definitely a serious inbreeding problem. Seriously, how many of these amazing animals have to be put down before someone gets a clue? Anyone else old enough to remember when Timely Writer went down? Same ancestor.Hungry in LAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998887264962077429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-84135073434734788282008-05-04T20:22:00.000-04:002008-05-04T20:22:00.000-04:00I just realised how callous my comment could be in...I just realised how callous my comment could be interpreted. <BR/>Sorry about that.<BR/>Put it down to me being a dog hater.KPBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124224647059797583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-30834028288575720522008-05-04T20:21:00.000-04:002008-05-04T20:21:00.000-04:00It's because shitters are winners.Go ask Blackbird...It's because shitters are winners.<BR/>Go ask Blackbird.KPBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124224647059797583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-38958576699662267362008-05-04T12:07:00.000-04:002008-05-04T12:07:00.000-04:00Great Post! I read in WSJ yesterday that EVERY SI...Great Post! <BR/>I read in WSJ yesterday that EVERY SINGLE horse in the race yesterday, was a decendant of Native Dancer, and that is a major part of the problem with the health of the thorobreds today. We saw her laying down on the track and knew then she had to be dead or seriously injured. So sad.HEATHERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324130429322268692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-18400814664153206742008-05-04T12:06:00.000-04:002008-05-04T12:06:00.000-04:00Thoughts like that have been swirling around in my...Thoughts like that have been swirling around in my mind all morning.<BR/><BR/>We watched the race. When my daughter said "Is that a horse ambulance?" we turned off the TV and went to a restaurant for dinner, so I'm not sure my kids know what happened to Eight Belles. I don't want to tell them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685011.post-26070056806584560522008-05-04T10:13:00.000-04:002008-05-04T10:13:00.000-04:00Beautifully done.Beautifully done.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308665452575511461noreply@blogger.com