Eight Bells

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Poor little filly broke both her ankles at the very young age of three.
If you ask me, I think these horses are raced way to young, and maybe if they waited a little while the horses undeveloped legs wouldn't brake so easily.



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[Gabbagail1]

Honey, there is a HUGE difference in running on the track and runnning freely, in a field or something, for one,on the track they go so fast its not even funny.

[honjlh]

um..honey. I have worked at a track. I have been the one who works the horses out. And, I own former race horses. I know exactly how it is.

[Gabbagail1]

Im not argueing with someone as obviously ignorant as you.

If you want to believe that lie, than thats your choice.

[honjlh]

actually, it was determined that the filly had a heartattack and that caused her to collapse, and that in turn caused the broken ankles. And they race horses at a year old and most of them never break a leg. Race horses are not cruely treated. They are some of the most pampered animals in the world. What happened was an accident that in no way could have been prevented. This could have happened just as easily if she were running in a pasture by herself.

[Gabbagail1]

Well its obvious you haven't ever worked on a track, because you simply just have no idea what happens there.

[skirbyr]

you happy greedy mother fuckers?

[Gabbagail1]

I suppose that was to her owners?

[Kewlbob1]

I would like to see horses banned from racing until they are 6. This could be done gradually so as not to bankrupt the stables and breeders. All you have to do is mention "Ruffian", "Barbaro", and now "Eightbells" and I get upset. These are horses that have died at "class" tracks. Imagine how many are put down in smaller circuits, county fairs, etc. I have seen horses die in their stalls after racing, because they gave their all but were not trained or conditioned properly.

[spookycat113]

This rarely happens in racing my dear,....It has nothing to do with abuse or not caring about the horse,....Tragic it is but its called life,.....

[MissMaintree]

This is about the description: Horses are raced young because that is their prime.8 Bells was a tragedy but that's how horse racing and horses in general go.

[Kewlbob1]

) and the dressage style horse, (a big black gelding) was in the lead! We were told many times, we should package the water from that well. You and I couldn't drink it, it was so mineralized. But, that seemed to be the key to it's benefits..

[Kewlbob1]

We bought a wonderful "dressage" horse at the "cutters", but he proved to be lame in his left knee. We put him out with the rest of the herd (12 in all) for the winter, and he couldn't keep up with them in the beginning. In the springtime, we went out to the ranch in preparation for the "summer/falling" of the land in preparation for sewing the winter wheat, the following fall, and, behold, the horses came running up when we called them (they knew we would grain them

[Kewlbob1]

These horses were very strong and fit. The unfit ones that wouldn't last through the harsh winters were sold to the "cutters".

We have raised horses in the "Golden Triangle" of Montana - Calgary and their source of water was our well.. The farriers always complained as to the hardness of these horses' hooves. I believe they had stronger bones, too. We let these horses run all winter and stand belly deep in the snow.

[Kewlbob1]

There is a horse breeder in Montana, whose ranch sits on the old Blackfoot Indian mission, just outside of Cascade, Montana. When I lived there in the 70s he used to breed horses and release them to the ranch, which consisted of steep hills, etc. The horses were basically "wild" and he would round them up, break them for racing, and take the ones that showed the most promise after age 2, and would run them at the Great Falls Fairgrounds.

[bgardiner2000]

@Kewlbob1 Unfortunately the fooble in your plan is that once they get to 5 and over they are actually more at risk of injury... sesamoid bones, soft tissue injuries etc. The system is not the problem... it's ignorance amongst some of the players.

[94gunsmoke]

@rodeogirl92HORSES And rodeo doesn't?

[94gunsmoke]

@Jumper88London Eight Belles, spell her name right

[94gunsmoke]

@runwildnfree True