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yes a sad day indeed
posted by
Annicita
on November 23, 2014 at 1:29 PM
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The Melbourne Cup is over two miles, I read somewhere.
I don't know much about professional racing, but isn't that a long track?
posted by
Ciel
on November 5, 2014 at 7:44 AM
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This is yet another one of those stories that I cannot let my wife know about. She loves horses, and has already spent a lot of time ( and money ) signing petitions and being active with groups trying to save horses from slaughter ( yes, there are people around the world paying premium prices for horse meat ). And to her, these races amount to nothing but pure torture for these animals, sometimes with very sad endings, like you've just written about. But will people learn anything from these incidences? Probably not . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on November 5, 2014 at 7:08 AM
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Sad, I am sorry about that.
posted by
Justi
on November 4, 2014 at 10:03 PM
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Very sad what they do in the name of winning
posted by
skye08
on November 4, 2014 at 7:12 PM
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Kabu
Very sad! I have loved horses since childhood, and have done a fair bit of riding and even a little jumping, but it has long since seemed to me that thoroughbreds, 'designed' for racing, have become too brittle somehow... 
posted by
Nautikos
on November 4, 2014 at 6:02 PM
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That is sad that horse passed away. We have had issues with race horses being pushed too hard in the States.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on November 4, 2014 at 5:10 PM
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I just hate horse racing period, Grandmummy. Just plain hate it. So sad.
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on November 4, 2014 at 4:59 PM
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I'm sorry to hear of those two horses dying that way.
I hope they enjoyed their lives up until then, and will find green pastures in the next life.
posted by
Pat_B
on November 4, 2014 at 4:58 PM
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