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I didn't know the colts and fillies raced in the same race.  I had thought 
they raced in events limited to their own gender.  Where have I been all 
this time?

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tx Trigger" <txtrigger@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 7:00 PM
Subject: [RC] Sick to my stomach


> I have not watched a horse race on TV in years. For some reason, we decided
> to watch the derby today. I did not know any of the entries, and had not
> even heard any of their names until today. I feared an accident as that 
> huge
> group broke from the gate, and will admit was excited by the nice finish
> "Big Brown" did. Then we kind of chuckled as his jockey came off when he
> spooked. But when we saw the filly down on the ground, I reached up and
> turned the TV off. These horses give their all. And in this case, a filly
> that to most of us is barely old enough to have a rider on her back, gave
> her life, after finishing 2nd in the most famous horse race in history.
> That sport just pisses me off more and more. Hey, but she won the farm 
> some
> money, eh? <sigh>
> Jonni (who went out and hugged her horses after turning off the TV)
>
>
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