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Horse racing. This
Horse racing. This will probably go to the bottom of the last page and stay there, but I'm posting it anyway. Who watched the 2008 Kentucky Derby on TV ? Poor Eight Belles. I think they are racing these horses too young. Their bones are not fully developed, and therefore they are more likely to break. There was no chance of Eight Belles being able to stand again, and there was no choice but to euthanize her. Barbaro, who broke his leg in the 2007 Preakness, might have been able to walk again, but these horses are made to run, and miserable if they can't. Barbaro would have never been able to run again. Eventually they euthanized him, and they should have done it much sooner. I mean, what fun is life if you can't do what you like most?
submitted by Cara C., age 11, Imbler, OR.
(February 13, 2009 - 11:04 pm)
(February 13, 2009 - 11:04 pm)
Ooooh! What happened?? I didn't get to watch the derby, so please tell me EVERY detail!!!
(February 14, 2009 - 8:54 am)
Big Brown won, Eight Belles was second, and Denis of Cork was third. Right after finishing, Eight Belles fell. Both of her front ankles were broken.
She was euthanized immediately. 
(February 14, 2009 - 4:20 pm)
Wow, how'd you get that picture of the horse on here without the Admin. snipping it?
(February 14, 2009 - 6:03 pm)
I don't know.
I didn't think it would work.
(February 14, 2009 - 6:44 pm)
Hey, Cara, the Admin. are here so do you think we could have that chat now (even though no one else is here?)
(February 14, 2009 - 6:47 pm)
(February 14, 2009 - 6:46 pm)
Wow, cool! Admin., why are these pictures allowed?
(February 14, 2009 - 6:49 pm)
Admin will let you post pictures of animals and stuff on here, like Paige had a thread with pictures of her pets. You just can't put pics of people.
(February 14, 2009 - 6:47 pm)
Oh. Thanks!
(February 14, 2009 - 6:49 pm)
But aren't those people on the horses, um, people?
(February 15, 2009 - 8:16 am)
ALLISON! You're here, too! But it's almost dinnertime...
(February 14, 2009 - 6:48 pm)
Ugh! Terrible! Revolting! Do you know what happens to the horses after?? They get put in DOG FOOD!!! :(:(:(:(
(February 15, 2009 - 10:10 am)
Bellatrix, calm down. I don't think that a horse that was second place in the Kentucky derby would be made into dog food. And Barbaro won the Kentucky Derby, so he probably wouldn't be made into dog food.
(February 15, 2009 - 11:25 am)
Barbaro
(February 15, 2009 - 7:03 pm)
I watched that race where he was hurt. :(
(February 16, 2009 - 8:15 am)