Well, I tried, but the anger has settled back to the original few

For the record, I'm a big proponent of outlawing the whip in racing. Don't get me wrong here(I don't care much about my losing tickets)

The breakdown occurred 1/4 mile after the finish line.........do you really feel the whip was at fault in this case?

We all realize that reporting, on anything, will never make everyone happy (at least not at the same time, LOL). This is just one tragic part of the game. In today's day and age -- the media is no longer focusing on "disseminating information" so to speak. Regardless, the beauty is that you can take what you like and leave the rest. Move on, change the channel, whatever.

Eric

he's the 'silver lord' of jocks.

I wasn't trying to relate Eight Belles catastrophe to use of the whip. I was just stating my position as a supporter of the horses more than the jockeys, trainers or owners

I hope you didn't watch the CBS & NBC evening news.

;)

Well, at least by today I would've.

I hope he didn't look at the louisville paper or read the SI site....because the AP photos that were published were worse than the video.

Speaking of which, I see ole Hefner was at the track yesterday with a bunch of bunnies. I wonder if the old boy has a mainline of that stuff hooked up to him.

I agree with the strangeness of people getting upset
over showing the horse. She had already been euthanized
by the time I saw it. And it is a part of this game that
should actually be shown because it happens. It is real.

But your some of your examples above are God-awful.

People willingly get into cars and into hockey.
They know whats coming.
Predator/prey... give me a flippn break.
Watch that track come up and eat the horse?

Maybe people being blown up randomly by suicide
bombers would be more appropriate.

Horses dont have much of a choice.
Horses dont formally request to skip a
run in the slop or on pavement.

That being said change the channel if you
dont like it. I dont watch local news because
of the car wrecks and bar shootings. If you choose
to watch a horse race, you know what can and does
happen.

Because it was said with tongue firmly imbedded into cheek. You couldn't sense that just a little bit. And yes, believe it or not there are some people who get frigged up over the predator/prey stuff.

Also Pgardn, Larry Jones and the Eight Belles connections stated that the track had nothing to do with the injury.

What happened to Eight Belles was tragic, but it could have been even worse. Imagine if she had won the race. NBC would have been showing her galloping out when she went down.

Excellent Point.

yeah think of a derby winner with no winners circle picture... i dont think any non horse racing fans would watch the derby anymore! well I take that back because they will still want to have a derby party.