Barbaro and now Eight Belles it’s an issue for sure. Not intentional like Mike Vick pimping dog fights, but brings awareness of the stress the sport puts on these animals.

- Freddie Footballer

i’m no longer a fan of horse racing i’ll admit i’ve been to the track a few times before and watched the bigger events. however, this recent tragedy is only a snippet of the problems that run across horse racing. steroids, overworking the horses, developing them when they’re too young, etc. the Eight Belles story is simply a culmination of all these events and happens more often than we think. -bB

Interesting… I read an article in the Times yesterday, where Rhoden pointed out that we make such a big deal about steroids being “rampant” in baseball (and if that’s true, then what are they in horse racing…a commonplace. A prerequisite. An expectation), but we are fine with juicing up these animals and that doesn’t pose a moral dilemna for us at all.