Hillary's Horse

A better fate will await Hillary. She will also finish second in her race, but go on to represent New York for many decades and work with several US presidents, the second of which will be John McCain.

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.

First of all, I would like to say that my thoughts go out to the people that really cared about Eight Belles. Having said that, I do believe people put up animals in higher regards then humans. No animal should worth more then a human life. Its fine to help them and take care of them but not worship them. Respect yes. Shed a tear for the child caught in a drive by or family killed by a drunk driver. Dont forget about them when mourning for the travasty that fell apon the valliant filly. Ironically, i did find humor in the Hilary/Eight Belles ties. Strong filly going against the favorite, "Big Brown". She put on a valiant race but eventually broke down after the lost to the big "brown" horse. Can there be any more irony? Ankles.... Tax plan... hmmm

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!

I heard that the horse was found with a bullet hole in its head. And Hillary had her people clean out the horse's stable after the race.

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.

I just had to chuckle that someone gave Hillary flack for gender discrimination buy yet had nothing to say about Obama's bet on "Big Brown".

I guess that's okay because Hillary is just a horse of another color?

Vote Republican.

why does everybody die around the clintons?

Even animals can't avoid the curse of the Clintons. If Hillary wins I might prefer to be put down, broken ankles or not. There is not a candidate in the running worthy of being the president of this country. It's going to be a sad, sorry next 4 years.

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.

Not to beat a dead horse,

Hillary picks the horse on the basis of gender?

Aren't Dems Against gender discrimination?

Picking on gender was not smart. The story just amplifies some poor decisions on her part.

It means she will lose the nomination.

I've never raced, but I've competed in everything else on horseback, and I think this talk of animal abuse is way off base.

I personally do not go to zoos or the circus, as I feel a little queezy about it, I love animals too much.

Smacking a horses hind quarters with a crop is not cruel, it generates a small sensation and it mainly done for the noise, so the TV running scenes of the jockey cropping and some connection that the horse was run to death is wrong.

What I saw was a horse with it's ears up, and high spirits. Talk from people saying the horse must have been hurt, or the "jockey knew" is rubbish until I hear any hard evidence.

The horse looked terrific, I'm sad she had to be put down, but I've seen that in jumping and hunter too.

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.

Eight Belles' death after the Derby is a terrible tragedy.

But what would be an even worse tragedy, is if Hillary Clinton were elected President.

Note Belles' SECOND place finish.

Firstly, to all those talking about their knowledge of horses and supposed expertise, a horse cannot run on once it sustains a broken ankle. The jokey did not push her on beyond the pain barrier and create a second broken ankle. The injuries would have been sustained on consecutive strides, as once a horse breaks an ankle, it can no longer run.

It is a tragic loss and my heart goes out to all Belles connections. I have followed racing for a while now, and living in Australia it is a big part of our culture and it is terrible to see something like this.

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.

Horses Run , that is how God created them, their is absolutely nothing wrong with Horse race and all the glamour that comes with it. That is life, people die, Horses are beautiful animals but nothing has durability no matter how well preserved. Belles was cool but would the story not be different if Belles had survived. Hillary is trying to add gender into this race. First she and her husband injected race into the primaries, now she is delibrately injecting gender to it. Old politics... Why can't she ever focus on the problems America face. The last I checked she is smart talking her self past a flawed gas tax plan. So much for experience...

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!