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Posted by MF DU on 2006-05-20 17:53:21 +0000

A horse is a horse of course of course.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-05-20 18:59:43 +0000

"It's almost too big!"

Posted by tgl on 2006-05-20 22:13:04 +0000

Sort of fitting: Barbaro is injured in the Preakness.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-05-21 06:25:31 +0000

'Injured', yes. 'Almost died', perhaps. Race horses break legs everyday, and sometimes it takes a Triple Crown contender for us to realize what fighters these horses really are. And unlike Barry Bonds, they don't get to choose which steroids they intake. 714 and Barbaro: Let's remember both.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-05-21 07:35:22 +0000

Barbaro's injury = obvious but amazing metaphor.

Posted by Miriam on 2006-05-21 19:07:00 +0000

I still don't really understand what happened to hurt Barbaro's leg. All I saw was the limping and the end of the race.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-05-22 05:20:46 +0000

Race horses are essentially freaks of nature with huge upper bodies loaded with quick twitch muscles and a ridiculous sense of sport. Barbaro simply ran so hard in the beginning hundred yards, he destroyed his own ankle. Not uncommon.

Posted by bizquig3000 on 2006-05-22 06:14:34 +0000

They shoot horses, don't they?

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-05-22 12:42:27 +0000

My cat thought they were delicious.

Posted by G lib on 2006-05-22 12:51:40 +0000

It was pretty horrible to watch, I have to say...

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-05-22 15:24:42 +0000

BQ with the Jane Fonda fagen.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-05-22 16:19:06 +0000

Saw Ushinksi at the Silhouette last night. Upon being informed of the horse's surgery, he said this of the horse: "He won't be running."

Posted by Miriam on 2006-05-22 18:01:39 +0000

That line kept running through my mind this morning as I mowed my lawn for the first time.

Posted by tgl on 2006-05-22 18:13:34 +0000

I knew it: They still use horses to mow lawns in Nashville.

Posted by bizquig3000 on 2006-05-22 18:17:14 +0000

What do they do with all the lame horses who fail at these races? Send 'em to the glue factory?

Posted by tgl on 2006-05-22 18:44:46 +0000

Cat food.

Posted by MF DU on 2006-05-22 18:53:36 +0000

send em to my house! we need the lawn mowed... oh wait - the road apples are a pretty big side effect! never mind.

Posted by G lib on 2006-05-22 18:57:15 +0000

Poor horsey... . . . This is reminding me quite a bit of the Saga of Molly-- a flickr series by propagandatour-- it is pretty amazing, if you haven't seen it yet. . . . A preview...

Posted by tgl on 2006-05-22 19:33:31 +0000

"She doesn't know what an expensive kitty she's become, or at least, I don't think so."

Posted by Miriam on 2006-05-23 15:30:32 +0000

I've got a fence to keep goats...I've been considering it.

Posted by G lib on 2006-05-23 16:38:16 +0000

Miriam, Miriam, sheep are really the way to go.