Hillary’s Horse

Poor horse, she did not need Hill’s bet on her it has brought only devastation for her. God save America from Hilary and McCain, God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08.

Not only did Hillary’s horse loose badly, but it had to be put down.
Primary is in Tuesday

Such a shame. A beautiful filly in her prime.

the bigger the brown horse
the….

wow. the jokes write themselves.

Very sad day for Eight Belles. What a tragic ending for such a wonderful horse. No jokes, please. I agree, after Barbero, it does give one pause.

The horse ran with heart, but perseverance won in the end.
Something like the tortoise and the hare.
Barack Obama beat Hillary Clinton in Guam!
You can’t keep a good man down.

A moment of silence for a beautiful filly who ran a great race.

It is just like a curse.

The saddest issue here has not even been mentioned. The billions of dollars spent in the horse racing industry has corruption than any other organization and you people reduce this to a political race.
If horses could talk (which they do on occasion!)they would say we are a bunch of selfish, egocentric idiots that are doing a good job of making fools of themselves.
My vote goes to Eight Belles who ran an amazing race for us humans and died trying.

I’m heartbroken that Eight Belles had to be put down. There are too many breakdowns in horse racing. To have grown to 17 hands so quickly makes me think her bones may not have been strong enough for this length of race. She was put down because she had broken both front ankles leaving her without a leg to stand on literally. Plus it was reported that they were compound fractures (broken skin) which leads to infection that horses seldom recover from. It sounds like her case was totally different than Barbaro’s. To think someone would put her down because she was a filly and not a colt is not correct.
For anyone to make light of her death gauls me. And I am an Obama supporter but what in the world does that have to do with anything about the horse?

Eight Belles was an amazing horse. Just amazing. Of course, Hillary picked her. She’s a winner. It’s a terrible thing what happened today.

The main story is the horse race. An I’m sad for the horse that had to be put down. But anyone reading this blog is here for politics. And the political irony of it is pretty funny. I mean, come on. Big Brown beats the filly and they put the filly out her misery? The only way it could portray the Dem primary more is if Eight Belles had gotten up with two broken ankles and trotted around the track a few more times, claiming that the race wasn’t over yet.
And out of curiosity, how did the 72 year old horse do?

I am soooo sad about 8 belles. I followed the Barbaro story until the end. I personally think they have too many horses running at 20. I am an animal lover and feel I may not watch another Derby after 2 yrs in a row.
Now to politics.
If 8 Belles had won Hillary would have beaten the story to death!! We never would have heard the end of it and you ALL know Hillary. She looks for this stuff to puff herself up.
Hillary must go.

Trust people to try and link a tragedy like the death of Eight Belles with politics. We should mourning her loss instead of making jokes about how it ties in with the campaign.
I don’t give a crap who voted on who. We need to sit back and have a moment of silence for our little filly, Eight Belles. She didn’t run the Derby for campaign purposes! It was obvious she /loved/ to run, and that was her motivation as well as to make her jockey happy. R.I.P Eight Belles, I’m glad you could escape the politics.

Laura Herold-You apparently didn’t follow the Barbaro story at all. Street Sense won with Calvin Borel last year. The filly’s breakdown had nothing to do with a 20 horse field.
Now to politics: You ALSO pretend to be somebody you’re not. You do not have the experience to comment on horse racing.

Some of you Obama people are thugs and bullies. I know several great people who support Obama. They too are put off by the vile comments of many of his supporters.
So little class – finding humor in the death of a fine, strong horse. These are the same people who booed Governor Easley at last night’s dinner featuring both Clinton and Obama.
Someday, someone will ask him what he thought of the bullies on his campaign.

I find it pathetic to have so many bring politics into the death of Eight Belles. She had to be put down because, as a three year old her bones were simply not strong enough for the race. If it weren’t for Barbaros tragic broken foot, I’m sure that the cry would be that females just aren’t strong enough, but that isn’t the case. We need to put an end to the racing of three-year-olds. It would not be a tragedy if the Derby were run between four-year-olds. Maybe if something tragic happens every year the kindness of those who love horses will put an end to the the vanity of humans destroying these lovely animals. Another problem may be that todays racers are all descendents of Native Dancer, and the gene pool just isn’t diverse enough. Let’s find the answer and stop cheering for people who seem to care more for money and victory than having races between strong, mature horses. Those races would be equally exciting. Let’s all get behind those horses that we love.

I love horses as much as the next girl, but come on, this is a political blog, and you can’t deny that people are curious about who their candidate rooted for (anyone know who McCain rooted for?), and any superstitions that might avail it’s self to.
If you want to read about the horse, go to a news site. If you want to read about politics, so go a political site, and if you want to mingle the two, come here to read. Sheesh.

I’m sorry you are right. It wasn’t the Derby. Barbara was going for his 3rd win at Belmont? I DID follow that story wholeheartedly. I believed he would make it and was devastated with the care he got that he didn’t.
On politics: How dare you say I’m a fraud!
Hillary Clinton is someone who is NOT who she claims to be and don’t get me started!

s_ben I said he won by 7 votes you jerk. What do you want a trophy. I said the U.S democrats were split even.

To Tina From Florida
The democratic party is NOT split even.
Barack Obama is winning the race.

Someone tell Obama and the Libs that Sen McCains relationship to the pastors they are talking about does not compare to Obama’s relationship to his mentor pastor and a terrorist! Also there is nothing wrong with allying yourself with people of religion.

Hillary lost Guam about the same time as the filly being put down. Hillary and her pandering cursed the horse.

Horse-racing should be banned. It is nothing but animal cruelty. Another beautiful horse needlessly lost to this cruel, greedy “sport.”

dgh
I was referring to the presidential primary. They were told that the votes would not count. Or was it that particular demographic?

Poor animal. It is time to call in the exorcist.

Don’t you find it ODD that the ONE Horse Hillary picks, ends up breaking BOTH ANKLES has to be put down?
WHAT are the ODDS of THAT?
AND that one Obama picked, ends up winning the thing?
A coincidence is Gods way of remaining anonymous.
Hmmmm…

s_ben,
The homested exemption tax vote was statewide.The democratic primary vote was the only other thing on my ballot.
The St.Petersburg Times ran a spread on it and told every one to vote for the nominee anyway per Florida Democratic Party. We had a record turnout for voting here.

Sue-You posted the same thing twice and you were incorrect both times. He picked Big Brown TO RUN THIRD. Equating this filly’s breakdown with Hillary Clinton and “God’s way” is why people like me will NEVER vote for Obama. Simple as that.

What would you like to know about my candidate?? Beside the fact that he’s an amazing politician!!

You are right it IS shameful and I do feel deeply about the horse being put down. That’s without a doubt. BUT we are talking about politics on this blog because Hillary staked claim to her. Another thing you should take into consideration is that your candidate acts like this on a daily basis and sees no shame in ripping everyone and every little thing apart to win this nomination. My point blogs ago was if this horse had won we would have heard about for the next month! She doesn’t really care about you and I…she cares about herself and feels an entitlement to the Presidency. You don’t really know the REAL Hillary because if you did you wouldn’t be voting for her.

Hey RL I just noticed you’re from Illinois and you don’t support your home town boy??? I’ve heard he’s done great things for your state.

For all you obama supporters
Its not real hard to pick a favorite who is sure to win. But to pick a long shot who serpassed everyones expectasions is a diffrent story.
So go ahead and pick a man who will always go with a sure bet instead of take a gamble and our country will never change. We have been voting on a sure bet for years and look at were its got us.
And I,m not really sure who you all think your fooling by thinking we are going to pick our next president because Bush is going to declare that he stays in because of our current state in the war. Because he is a money and power hungry individuale and because he can.

Jozy You don’t really want an answer to that question do you? Anyways we live in a sociopathic society and people don’t consciously think about whats right or wrong as long as we are having a good time. Hillary Clinton will make a great President for all those out there who don’t really give a d–m. It’s always about the $$$$$ Jozy and horse racing is a profitable sport…and an “elitist” sport at that. OOPS wait that is suppose to be Obama, isn’t it?

Laura-2 more votes for Hillary.

“Please remember that it was Hillary Clinton herself that used this horse as a political tool for her campaign. Also if you re-read the article, you know that the trainer himself also played up the political stuff by saying the horse would probably endorse Hillary.”
Can you people really not see the difference between some lighthearted political fun before the race and then using the animal’s tragedy to make ugly political jokes and references?
On second thought, it doesn’t really seem like you do have that ability to make intelligent and moral distinctions.

Well, politics really don.t deserve our feelings, i rather mourn over a horse.

I’ll wait for the Republicans to attack Hillary Clinton as a supporter of gambling and sin and wagering and sin and all that good stuff. (Just don’t show the Republicans standing next to her)
We’ve seen her bet on the horses, and down a shot of whiskey. I can’t wait until she’s on CNN hunting down a rabbit with a (licensed) AK-47 from WalMart.
Oh, that’d be ace…
The Silly Season Marches On.

The only reason people are making the connection
is because Hillary called attention to her pick
because it was a “girl”. So much for not playing the
gender card. I’m sure if the horse would have won
the race all you Clintonites (same 3 or 4 on every
thread, copy/paste messages) would have been
living it up and talking about this being an omen.
Face it. The irony is THICK.
Now, who’s going to euthanize Hillary’s
camapaign?

Hillary assumes it was a man who doctored the video of cantor. She has no evidence of this. This story has gotten no coverage. So whenever there is a problem she will assume it is the fault of a man.
“It’s just something that is clearly unfortunate that people would go to all the time and trouble to make something up like that,” Clinton told the J&C. “And I assume nobody would believe such a thing, because it’s totally wrong. And the director of it confirmed that it was doctored. Maybe the press should be trying to figure out why he did what he did.”

The comments from some Obama supporters here are truly repulsive in their insensitivity and inhumanity to the tragedy that happened today.
Grow up. You’re not doing your candidate any favors by trying to make lack of compassion a trademark of Obama supporters.

IS IT A SIGN? Hillary Clinton described herself as the philly “Eight Bells”. At least before the philly at the Kentucky derby came in second place on Satruday and eventually had to be sadly euthanized. Will she come in second and will her fight to the finish, tearing down the dems party, also have to be euthanized by the superdelegates?????

Get a life. The horse to Hillary comparison is more about her judgment. Hey, it’s a great metaphor. Lighten the hell up, tree huggers.

To RL in Illinois…
So you’re not voting for Obama because of an item Sue — presumably somebody you’ve never met — posted?
That doesn’t make any sense.

Oh, and let’s not forget Katie Couric . . .

From now on we will just refer to Obama as Big Browm Obana and Hillary as Eight Bells Hillary.
OK?

So much for “betting on the philly”. Hillary Clinton picked a dead horse. Her campaign will soon suffer the same fate. She’ll trip up in the upcoming primaries, and, like Eight-Belles, she’ll have to be put down, politically speaking. Hillary has a lot in common with Eight-Bells, she’ll never win another race after the Primaries are over, and it will be the professionals (Super Delegates) that decide that the time has come to put her down.

I am an Obama supporter and I am sorry for the death of such an awesome creature. I realize that it is simply the methaphor of “Big Brown” winning and the determined philly going the distance until she “dies” that is the source of your comments. However, keep it on that level and PLEASE stop diminishing the performance or death of this aminal with such mean, heartless, and inhumane comments. This too was God’s creature as we all are, and she deserves our respect in death.

So Arkansas Sudden Death Syndrome has spread to include members of the animal world? Oh, I forgot that lab that used to hang with them Clintons.
FTR – There’s evidence on this blog proving the failure of “no child left behind” – the functional illiterate from TX who can’t discern the difference between “philly” & “filly”. Long Tall Texan should consider “gelding” – for the Gipper.

It’s Bush’s fault.

I like the vicious comments from the Great Unifiers followers.These are the people that want to take the meaness and dirisiveness out of politics, change the discourse. Yet in reality they are just a bunch of left wing loonies who are haters and want to deride anyone who isnt as demented as them. Just like their leader, the hypocrite. The Great Uniter is actually the ultimate Divider. Black/White, American/UnAmerican, Old/Young, Rich/Poor, Urban/Rural, Black/Hispanic, Christians/Muslims. Never have we seen a more polarizing candidate. To Obama supporters: America gets it and now we know him, stop the charade. Mr Momentum is dropping like a stone in every poll. And BTW, Hillarys horse gave it a courageous run obviously in pain and finished 2nd which was 4 places higher then Obamas limp heeled pansy of a male horse who never even made a break for the front. I will take the fighter anyday.

Like every other associate of the CLinton’s..Vince Foster, Ron Brown, they are a curse on America, go away…far, far away.

We are not making light of the death of a beautiful animal , who ran a great clean race(unlike her backer Clinton)…
But the thing is comparison to this filly and Clinton is very close… For one thing Clinton political life fate is similiar ..She will lose and like this filly her political life( president hope) will be over too
Also if this filly would have won then Clinton would have used this filly’s victory shamelessly to promote herself….
Clinton used the filly for political reasons — hence It is hence a fair game

Is this the great leader that should be picking up the phone at 3am? Hillary only looked on the surface instead of digging for more facts. She chose Eight Belles because she was the only filly in the race not because of the odds or the trainer. Obama chose to look beyond the gender and make an informed decision. Hillary is pandering for the female vote plain and simple. Americans are smarter than that. Shame on you Hillary!

When Hillary decided she liked the Yankees did she know how many touchdowns they scored last season? Did Hillary bet on Danica Patrick? Who will she bet on at Daytona?

Interesting that my blog was removed. I didn’t say anything about race or gender regarding the “people” but I obviously struck a nerve. So, now I will talk about race and gender. The Demi race IS about Race and Gender; Obama = race card, Hillary = Gender. For most white women I speak to it’s about getting a woman in the White House. For black people, minorities and those who don’t want to work it’s about getting a minority in the White House (who will “understand” where they are coming from). Let me tell you, neither candidate gives a damn about our interests. They are power-hungry, self-centered, narcissist snobs (as shown by their Derby “Betting” and presence). It’s just about getting into the White House and, if you libbies would listen, that is what they say! But I’ve come to the conclusion Liberals don’t know how to listen.
FYI – I am an independent. I haven’t voted in years. That is my vote! Fire them all.

Hillary got paid her horse placed. She is pretty happy with that. I hope Hillary doesn’t have to be euthanized after big brown kicks the crap out of her in the primary.

Ira 12:25:32 Too bad it wasn’t Obama. He’d still have the other five propped behind him. PS…He picked Big Brown to only run third-just where he’ll finish.

While I feel sad for the poor horse, it seems to me that this bit of providence might show what God thinks of Hillary Clinton and her arrogance.

Ken-
Get your fact straight – Eight Belles did not run the day before Derby. The KY Oaks race – only for fillies – is run on the day before the race, but she absolutely didn’t run. Her trainer ran another horse that won the Oaks, but it wasn’t Eight Belles. Stick to politics.

I was watching the derby yesterday. It was so sad. I felt so bad for the poor horse. And her owner was devastated. He was in teasrs. What a sad loss. She was a beautiful horse in her prime.

Perhaps if the Rodeo crowd had as much political influence (contributions)as the Horse racing elite has, Then we would see the politicians participating there too. Maybe Rodeo would then become respectable.

Sorry to monopolize the site but just had a thought I have to get out. Hillary and Barrak in a “rideoff” on the mechanical Bull at Gilly’s. The media could run a 3 day “special” on that

RIP Eight Belles. You ran your heart out, which from the way you went after Big Brown, is probably what you loved to do.
The political connection to me is just plain silly. It’s like when a movie star picks a candidate or cause and I’m supposed to care. It’s just one person making one choice. The candidates were having a little fun at the races and it was blown into a frenzy.
For the person who asked if the horse would have been put down if she were a male, the answer is yes. One hurt leg is really hard to deal with. It’s over with two. Horses have to stand up all the time (or their organs can’t function), and with two injured legs they have no way to keep them standing without all the complications that can arise from even one injured leg (like Barbaro).
It’s also true that I can’t afford (or even get tickets to) the Derby, but I still love the spirit of the animals.
-a Louisvillian.

I agree that Hillary was told to pick that horse by her handlers and I would imagine that the same holds true for Obama. But I think their choice does matter because ultimately they will have these same people around them when they have to make an important decision.(3am anyone) The questions everyone should be asking are really the following: At such an important point in the nomination path would you even bet knowing that everyone is watching your every move? And if you do bet, wouldn’t you want to get it right? Not just use it to pander for votes. Hillary reeks of special interests and I bet if she does get into the White House that she would have to pay back a lot of favors that she called in just to get there.

Barack Hussein Obama . count the letters …18 divide by 3 …6…
666 uh oh

A tragic day at the races for such a beautiful animal raced to her death.
I am glad she was put to sleep right away and not made to suffer as did Barbaro. (Everyone tried with him but it was wrong, he suffered!)
God almighty, when will the minds of humans awaken to the suffereing of animals at our hands. May be all be ashamed for yesterday.
Sleep sweetly, deal filly.

After Clinton goes down and and this mess is over – who will put US out of our collective misery?

Laura Herold 1:52:24. Saw it before it was pulled. Truce. Agree with you on this one.

RL, this isn’t animal cruelty- ive been around horses my whole life and they love to get suited up for competition whether its jumping/racing. Its a whole lot better than using them for war- so we have made at least a little progress as a civilized society.

Hi RL I saw yours too! I was shocked they pulled it. I’m happy to see a Clinton supporter and an Obama supporter make peace.

WOW I’m pulled again. Ok I get it. You want me off this blog. There must be a delete next to my name.

Laura: Obama ran against Alan Keyes, who I think was from Baltimore, because the Republican candidate got caught in a marital scandal and Keyes was the only Republican that they could find.
Clinton ran against Rudi Giuliani, who dropped out because of health and marital problems. Lazio was known in New York and tried for the Republican nomination before Giuliani.
Moynaham was a Republican who became a Democrat, who was never seen in NY except at election time.

Some Obama supporters are truly disgusting in their attempts to trivialize and mock the death of a living creature.
No wonder the Obama campaign is characterized as being out-of-touch, arrogant, insensitive, and elitist.

Yes EHJ I knew about Keyes and Guiliani. I don’t know about Moynihan. He was certainly respected here in upstate NY. Possibly because he had a home here. So what you are saying is Obama won only because Keyes messed up with scandal problems??? I don’t have a clue on Illinois politics thats why I’m asking.

Horses can teach America a lot…If people would pay attention to what is really important. Eight Belles was brave, strong in heart. That is proven by her coming in second. We all need a little horse medicine at times. So we can learn empathy, wisdom, and the power of the heart.
I have dreamed of having the chance to be at the Derby. I hope someday, I will be there with my big hat.lol
Some horses have such spirit it is just in them. Before you pass judgement, own a horse. I do and I enjoy my horse very much and his heart and spirit.If people had the spirit and heart of horses wow what a world. Blessings to you all and my thoughts go out to the trainers, owners and jockies.Your horse will be remembered.

Reply to Its Over: If you know anything about being an American it would be that we have freedom of speech. No matter how idiotic you may think some comments may be I believe everyone has a right to speak their mind without fear of persecution. Furthermore, you my friend may think to much of yourself to post that our comments on a blog on a media site is causing you to feel embarrassed as an American. I say embrace the free speech and stop your belittling of others for it is I that am truly embarrased for you and anyone that believes that we can shut free speech down.

Dostoevsky anyone?

Liberals are truly out of touch. The ironys here are just too poignant to ignore. It’s a fool’s world.

The ironies here are poignant if you’re 14.

It is shocking to see the media exploit a tragedy to score cutesy political points against a candidate they hate.

I FEEL SAD FOR THE HORSES OWNER, AND THE ONES WHO REALLY CARED ABOUT THE HORSE. IT IS A SAD DAY WHEN A HORSES DEATH AFTER COMING IN 2ND PLACE, IS USED AS A WEAPON FOR PUT DOWNS AGAINST SOMEONE RUNNING IN THE POLITICAL RACE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE A WOMAN OR NOT.

Where’s my oxycontin!

First Vince Foster, now the horse. Who’s next?

Proof That:
Betting by Gender is as a dumb as Voting by Gender.

for kerry, pelosi, kennedy – the math’s not there for clinton on the delegates you tell us. but what about the rev. wright word problem that can’t be squared. guess that’s just for extra credit, so skip it and move on.
for Eight Belles
look back at our struggle for freedom
trace our present day’s strength to it’s source;
and you’ll find that man’s pathway to glory
is strewn with the bones of a horse
- author unknown
somewhere in time’s own space
there must be some sweet pastured place
where creeks sing on and tall trees grow
some paradise where horses go
for by the love that guides my pen
I know great horses live again
- Stanley Harrison

What if people and horses were the same, what a meaningful article this would be. And what if Republicans and Democrats acted like 6 year olds on the internet. Everyone, Go outside. Walk off your rage.

The most ironic part of this story is that Matt Lauer of the Today show described this situation exactly on Thursday or Friday! After NBC did a segment on Hillary backing 8 Bells as a metaphor for her campaign, Matt made the comment something to the effect of: “let’s hope the horse doesn’t break a leg an have to be put down”. Deja Vu all over again!

It’s a shame none of the candidates have the guts to denounce horse racing for the tragic ‘sport’ that it is rather than trying to gain a couple political points and further validating it in the process. People that think horse racing is such a good idea should have their children or loved ones on a track and run them until they die, literally, and see how much fun that is to watch.

I am sitting here in awe of you people. First of all, I am willing to bet not a single person who posted a comment has watched a single horse race other than the Kentucky Derby, in their lives.
It’s spelled “FILLY”. Philly is a city that is known for our horses (remember Smarty Jones, Afleet Alex, Barbaro), but let’s use the correct spelling here shall we? Not to mention Philly is in a state where Hillary blew Obama out of the water two weeks ago.
Secondly, how DARE you people exploit a tragedy that happened yesterday? I know the connections personally and they are devastated. Eight Belles ran a huge race.
I cannot believe Matt Lauer said something that cruel, well actually I can.
There’s no “Clinton curse”, I’ve met them several times and so far I’ve survived to tell the tale.
My #1 horse, War Pass, didn’t make it to the Derby so my pick was Colonel John and now I know why he lost: Because Obama picked him. Obama doesn’t know crap about politics or horse racing.
You people make me sick. And Hillary’s Presidential big will be just fine. It will be Obama’s that will need saving thanks to his own Big Brown, Jeremiah Wright.

For all of you who are so distraught over the tragic death of Eight-Belles, and who are so outraged over the comments on this blog, I offer these sobering thoughts:
Horses are among the most beautiful creatures on the face of the earth, and certainly it is TRAGEDY when even one of them has an accident that requires them to be put down. But lets not lose all sense of proportionality. This was a horse, not a human being. If you are so distraught and outraged over the death of this horse, then where is your outrage and distress over the deaths of more than 4000 American soldiers, and over 20,000 Iraqi civillian HUMAN BEINGS who have been killed over the past 4 years because Hillary Clinton was too busy to read the intelligence reports and had to show how “tough” she was by voting to authorize a war over weapons of mass destruction that never existed in the first place. So I ask all you self-rightious animal lovers:
WHICH IS THE GREATER TRAGEDY–THE SENSELESS DEATH OF ONE RACEHORSE, OR THE SENSELESS DEATHS OF OVER 24,000 HUMAN BEINGS IN THE IRAQ WAR? Where oh where is your outrage about that?

It’s sad to think that most of the people in the above letters vote, Eight Belles ran a great race. This sould have nothing to do with politics and we should all have our thoughts on her.
Solly

This whole analogy is ridiculous!
Obama is thin thus far he aint “big” brown.
And Hillary has thick ankles that would never break under stress!
Absurd!

My country tis of she
Sweet land of Hillary
Fascism reigns

I continue to mourn for the loss of Eight Belles. Why was she left alone to die why was not the owner or the trainer notified before she was killed? Are you telling me they had crap to kill her but no pain medication to stabilize her until the owner or trainer got there? And why in Hades did the jockey leave her? All of this makes no sense to me and it pisses me off. Eight Belles will go out as an icon of this time bringing new and prosperous light to filly horse racing and the Kentucky Oaks and the suggestion that filly’s should not run in the Kentucky Derby is absurd! She would have won that race but her ankles were bothering her before she hit the finish line. Oh Eight Belles the epitome of girl power your death will not be in vain and I cannot imagine what you felt dying alone and I cannot imagine what your owner or trainer or Proud Spell must be feeling right now because I am filled with grief and most of it knowing you died alone. And I will never know I guess why the jockey left you and why in the world someone did not wait for your owner or trainer to get there. I don’t know Eight Belles I don’t know. Rest in Peace you magnificent athlete your death will not be in vain!

Yes, it was very sad indeed, another upsetting end to the ‘Derby’. Eight Belles was a fabulous filly and a champion, and (since the political tone wasn’t necessary, but indeed included above) methinks of ‘she’ who just -had- to include the horse as part of her campaign ‘lore’? Well, Hillary is just that old gray mare that ain’t what she used to be. If the horseshoe fits … Hmmmmm. Wonder when Hilary is going to claim Hidalgo? Actually am already sick and tired of the political horserace across the board – put them all out to pasture.

If ANYTHING it should remind Hillary Clinton that you should do what you love, put your heart & soul into everything you do and stay in the race until the very END! Eight Belles raced with the biggest & baddest men in her sport and she BEAT 18 of 19 of them! If you think this is some premonition for the Democratic presidential candidate outcome you are right; Hillary should race with her head held high and in perfect stride because WOMEN CAN DO ANYTHING THEY PUT THEIR MINDS TO! Shame on this correspondent for speaking poorly of Eight Belles and shame on him for assuming that Hillary is down as well! Don’t forget…Obama’s pick to win actually came in THIRD…behind the faster filly! Keep your politics out of racing and show some respect for the dead!

For Pete’s sake it’s a horse that collapsed after a horse race. There’s nothing mystical or superstitious about it, just a horse race. Get real people.

Note Belles’ SECOND place finish.

Come now… a horse breaking it’s ankles is akin to an athlete blowing out a knee. They can’t hardly stand after that, let alone be pushed to finish the race. The injuries occurred after the finish, most likely as he slowed her down. It would be perfectly reasonable to assume that she somehow had a weakened bone structure that finally gave with the added resistance of trying to slow herself.
Post-performance injuries aren’t uncommon.
It is a simple tragedy that Eight Bells died like this, but instead of attacking the sport of horseracing, go after the real problems within the sport, those owners and trainers that mistreat or dope their animals.

It means she will lose the nomination.

Politics aside; horses have been overbred to the point where they are at the limit of their strength/structure. On top of that, pure-bred inbreeding just amplifies the defects along with the strengths of the horse’s anatomy.
So it’s no surprise that heavily inbred oversized animals are prone to bone shattering when physically pushed to their limits. Happened before, will happen some more. When’s the last time you heard of a healthy plain pony shattering a bone on perfectly flat ground after a run?
There is some political humour (irony?) to be see in the parallels – the rare female horse in the race comes in second and dies spectacularly at the very end, while the winner is… “Big Brown”?? Hmmm.

why does everybody die around the clintons?

Bread And Circuses. Bread and Circuses.
As long as there is entertainment for all in sundry of arenas, political or otherwise, and plenty of bread to eat, discussions such as this are endless.

This was a wonderful animal who raced her heart out and almost took the big one away from the boys…She was a valued member of the team and anyone who thinks otherwise should be QUIET!!! Try putting yourself in the shoes of her owners, trainer, and other stable members for one minute….She is gone and is never coming back….GOD BLESS YOU EIGHT BEllS!

who says misogyny is dead?
Likening Hillary Clinton to a horse that ran it’s heart out, but broke both front legs to try and finish the race, and was euthanized…..
pretty sick stuff.

It saddens me that Obama supporters will stoop so low as to make fun of Eight Belles’ tragic death. They’ll do anything to get attention.

Hey folks… Hillary set up this analogy before the race. Don’t demonize anyone for seeing the irony.

oooh, bad omen for hillary and another bad judgement for her too, she’s cursed

Sorry Jick, I meant to address the previous post to Tim from OZ.

Bottom line that we abuse animals all across the world for food, clothing and entertainment purposes. That is not how mankind should be treating animals who are defensless. Eight Belles trainer stated that the horse put her life on the line for them. Bullshit they put her life on the line. Peta is correct in demanding that the racing industry set strict regulation and be held accountable to them.
I have personally witnessed a group of pinhookers as they are called or the trailer trash of the sport of kings who buy 1,000 horses and run them to death and when they are no longer making money they send them to slaughter. Yes they still slaughter just not in this country they ship them out. Myself and my friends all ended up with some of these x racers as they were headed to slaughter. The racing industry MUST be accountable and responsible for ALL horses who come about for racing purposes. It makes me sick literally to go and watch horses race. Not only do they race them to young but there lungs also bleed when overexherted. Then they give Lasix to keep running the horse. PATHETIC. The tracks and the racing commissioner know because I told them and they did nothing to get these drunken druggies off their tracks. Now Ky has these incentives to the Quarterhorse breeding etc. and there are now five babies two doors down from me. Of course the babies are adorable but we have so many unwanted horses now that need homes. People just can’t throw away animals this way its inhumane. When God told Abraham to take his son to the altar and sacrifice the lamb he instructed that he was not to scare the animal and to make it quick and painless. Our x race horse Lead Me To Glory has many issues and they were all brought on by racing. She has a forever home. She doesn’t have to race anymore with her club foot. And she doesn’t have to make anymore babies. She is our horse that we love just because she is. Blessings to all the beautiful horses who are made to do things they don’t want to do.

You all got it wrong. If your gonna base this race on color and gender, Hillary bet on a “Black” female horse. And the horse Obama bet to win came in third (Colonel John) . Obama bet on Big Brown to place ,not win. Your silly political connections are all stupid. It’s humorous on some level,but most of you are taking it way to seriously. Hillary just happens to be a white female running second , and Eight Belle’s just happened to be a Black female who placed a strong second,ran her big heart out,only to end in tragedy( like many other horses). Hillary just happened to bet on the only female horse. Big deal. It’s all pure coincidence. If you want to compare race and gender( for all you serious race and gender people out there)..,Hillary’s white, and Eight Belle’s was black . SOme connection. Pathetic. Get a life people
I’m for Obama. Because I believe he’s the best candidate. Not because of what horse he bet on,not because of his color,and not because I just happen to live right across the street from the prestigious high school he went to.
RIP Eight Belle’s . They raced you too young. Tragic.

well I will agree with the last comment!! you know, it seems that they just don’t care, they just put her to sleep and said oh well, on with the next moneymaker!!!! these young horses legs are not strong at that age!!!!!

Most of you people have no clue about horse racing
You are simply following the crowd of PETA
I was listening to a peta speaker on espn and she could only bad mouth horse racing but she could not answer one question
please get your facts straight before you run your mouth
besides if you want a less gruesome horse racing SUPPORT HARNESS RACING
there are way less breakdowns and it is way more exciting.

anyone ever think that maybe horses LIKE to race? its what they are built for, and its what they love to do. Sure there’s some things wrong with horse racing, but you get that in everything. People are jerks, you see it all the time. Anyway, my main point is…horses like to run. Let them run. It’s not abuse.

Clintons and animals do not mix. Eight Bells was cursed the day Clinton picked her. She died because she was pushed beyond her limits to fulfill Clinton’s girl power fantasy. Not one Clinton crocodile tear was shed for the ill fated filly. Can’t recall her mourning when the First Pooch Buddy met his untimely demise either.

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