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Anyone following the KY Derby?
Who do you think will win?
Re: Anyone following the KY Derby?
the front page of the paper today tells me Bodemeister is now the favorite. Since the favorite hardly ever wins, I say not that one.
I have heard good things about Daddy Nose Best and I'll Have Another.
I have no idea! Although I like that in horse racing you can just go with whoever has good odds and usually do okay for yourself. I haven't really looked into the horses, yet.
Can we talk more about the Derby, though? I do like to watch, but I feel really conflicted about horse racing in general. The fact that horses are bred to be so muscular with such spindly legs, and how that really has a negative effect on the animals. And how much I sobbed after they had to euthanize Eight Belles after the Derby in 2008.
40/112
we don't talk about that.
*runs out of post crying*
DH does. I'll have to get his picks. Though he's sworn off Derby betting this year so maybe its a sore subject.
ETA: Dh says Bodemeister BUT he hasn't even run as a 2 year old BUT apparently he killed the competition before that. It can be a good thing Triple Crown-wise to have a horse that fresh going into the Derby cuz they are less likely to wear out before the hell that is the Belmont.
As a horse/animal lover, I disagree with it on the basis of commercial breeding, overpopulation, and bad genetic breeding in general. I also disagree with the lifestyle they give the horses (retired at 5 - 9 years old?!?!).
I don't necessarily disagree with racing as a sport in the most technical of senses in that you could do it in a way that horses could have longer careers and not base so much of it on the young/breeding/studding.
There is also a lot of humane things they are not up to snuf on (what passes legally for humane in general in our country in BS) in terms of track surfaces, steroids/drugs, diet, vet care, etc.
Read up on what it take to convert a race horse into a "normal" riding horse and you'll see how mis-nurtured they are.
/sits next to Falada before her trip to OTB on Saturday
Yeah that's right my name's Yauch!