Comments on: Sunday, May 4, 2008

By: kanani

kanani — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:32:40 +0000

yeah…and sorry for that misspelling..there their…gads…where IS my coffee?

By: kanani

kanani — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:31:32 +0000

Yes, you’re exactly right about the corporations and their role in horse racing. The corporations are a far cry from the single owners in the past. Now their are share holders, and their demands for a profit (in a industry that has historically been high risk and unprofitable) is driving this tragic spate of over racing and deaths.

Thanks for commenting on The Writerly Pause. You can also come over to my blog during the times when the WP is at a standstill!

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:39:32 +0000

I hardly think Barbaro was “thrown away”, celayne. His owners spent a ton of money and tried like hell to keep him alive. Say what you will about their alterior motives, but I’ll never be convinced they didn’t love that animal. How could you not? If they were in it for the money only, that horse would’ve never made it off the track.

That Eight Belles’s accident came only after she was done racing is tragic enough. She was clearly in good spirits until she fell - anyone who knows horses could see that.

I think the larger tragedy here is the watering down of the thoroughbred gene pool. If you want to blame anything for why horses are getting injured more, blame the pure-bred status, for that surely causes more issues than any race could. It weakens the system of each successive generation. What can we do to prevent that from happening?

By: celayne

celayne — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:33:17 +0000

I’m sorry that I can’t agree that horse racing should not be banned. Eight Belles was run to death by people who were using her for sport. It’s not right. True, maybe more horses will be killed if they are no longer useful to the people who breed and race them, but perhaps in the long run it will be better for horses in general. It breaks my heart to say this, but it also breaks my heart to hear of Eight Belles and Barbaro before her used, tormented and then thrown away.

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:39:03 +0000

I couldn’t help but think of you when I heard the news yesterday. A sad, sad end for a beautiful creature.

I’m praying for your gramma, Devon. I hope her health improves soon….

By: Brandy

Brandy — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:29:53 +0000

Oh, Devon. I’m so sorry for everything. Hugs Sweetie.

By: Lara

Lara — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:19:13 +0000

I hope your headache goes away! Impossible to work with one of those, for sure.

My thoughts are with your grandmother.

By: Dru

Dru — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:33:15 +0000

I’m so sorry to hear that your grandmother is getting worse. I will keep her in my thoughts.

I’m glad that you have a couple of potential writing jobs in the fire.

Have a good Sunday and I hope that migraine has disappeared.