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let the horse protests begin
It's PETA's World, We Just Live In It
When future generations study the first decade of the 21st Century, the debate of course will turn to the Great Racehorse Protests of 2008. In the wake of the Eight Belles tragedy at the Kentucky Derby, PETA is bringing all guns to bear on the remaining Triple Crown events; planning protests at the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore next week and the Belmont Stakes in New York in June. Should be lots of fun, with counter-protesting and everything. Hey, wouldn't it be hilarious if we could somehow manage to run the OIympic Torch through those two locations as well? More »
the horse revolution has begun
When The Horses Unite, All Will Fall
No longer will the horses stand idly by while we whip them into submission and destroy their ankles and other important pivots. The rebellion has begun. We attempted to warn you. But you arrogant human beings did not listen. More »
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Culprit Found In Eight Belles Tragedy. It's Hillary, Of Course
Backing the wrong horse is always deadly in politics, especially when it's an actual horse. Poor Hillary Clinton. How can someone get into trouble just betting on the Kentucky Derby? By making a huge deal about placing a bet on a horse that had to be destroyed right on the track, that's how. Now PETA is firing broadsides at her, as she wonders how she's going to carry a state — Indiana — in which Dee Mirich resides. More »
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It's Getting Crowded In Horse Valhalla
Eight Belles is probably in Heaven by now, galloping in fields of clover on four sturdy legs and eating tasty apples. No, I'm not sure which friends she's romping about with up there (a safe bet; one of them is not Christopher Reeve). Down here on earth, though, things are quite unsettled. Who is to blame? Could the tragedy have been avoided? Does anyone know the whereabouts of Jeff Gillooly? More »
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War Emblem Isn't Interested In Breeding; Not That There's Anything Wrong With That
You've probably seen this by now, but, alas, it's still great. War Emblem is tired of the dating scene. Take this farm, for instance; everyone here is such a phony. He'd rather stay in his stall and curl up with a nice Dee Mirich poem, if you want to know the truth. The race horse, who won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in 2002, is not exactly fulfilling his stud expectations, according to his handlers. He sired zero foals in 2007 ... the same production as Sir Ian McKellan, and one less than Tom Cruise. More »
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Your One-Stop Kentucky Derby Guide
The Kentucky Derby is this weekend. That's fun! Horses! We don't know a lick about it, so we asked Angelo Grasso, of The Gowanus Rotisserie Baseball Gazette, to preview the race for us. Maybe you can even make yourself some money.
Horse racing embraces two vices that Americans love and sports hate: drugs and gambling. Without them, the sport would be unrecognizable and cease to exist. (This is also true of the NFL; wisely, they're a tad more covert about it.)
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Steve Spurrier Enjoys Oats, Hay, Mounting Mares
For years, SEC opponents have been referring to South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier as a horse's ass. Now, once and for all, he is a horse. And he might just make the Kentucky Derby. More »
and ... they're off!
Let's See Dee Mirich Write A Poem About THIS
I've lived my entire adult life by one simple rule: Never go streaking at the horse races. The comparisons are not flattering, let me tell you. More »
affirmed
There's Something About Mirich
I used to think that I knew what Dee Mirich was writing about. I would read her impassioned, fractured poetry on various horse racing message boards, and nod knowingly. "Yes," I would say to myself, "Angels DO prefer hitching their horses to rainbows." But lately, Dee has been listing toward crazy even more than usual ... these days I fear that Miss Daisy is just driving on rims. Anyone in the Merrilville, Ind., area who can stop by and check to see if she's OK? Until then, a team of Navajo codebreakers are working on the message below. More »
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Your Breeders Cup Preview
We only have space in our heart for one horse, so we can't get too much into the Breeder's Cup this weekend.
But some can, so, a preview. After the jump, we turn to Angelo Grasso, author of the racing blog Racing Esoterica and co-author of the Gowanus Rotisserie Baseball Gazette.
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stupid horse
Our Friend Dona Chepa
The competitors that bring us the truest joy, the ones who remind us that sports are human and frail and painful and therefore beautiful, are the ones who lose. Well, not always human and frail. More »
nice dude ... nice
Storm Cat Is More Man Than Any Of Us
This stallion right here is Storm Cat. And we mean stallion in every possible way.
Storm Cat is considered the premier breeding horse on the planet, with a a live foal stud fee of $500,000, "the highest advertised figure for a stallion in the world." But, sadly, Storm Cat is slowing down, only siring 96 mares this year, as opposed to 111 last year. Though, he "performed his duties enthusiastically." So there's that.
That's all rather impressive when you consider that Storm Cat is 24 years old, which is around 85 in human years. That Storm Cat: Not messing around. He's like Tony Randall but, you know, alive.
And, at least, we finally understand how Barbaro died.
Storm Cat Slowing Down, But Still Has Good Breeding Season [BloodHorse]
barbaro would have never pulled this shit
Wait! Maybe We Should Hear What He Has To Say ...
I'm skeptical this even is real — seriously, it's that funny — but two women were hospitalized — OK, so that parts not funny — Tuesday night after a horse leapt a dividing wall and climbed into the announcer's booth at a horse show in Lexington, Kentucky. More »
when jockeys attack
Grow, Controversy, Grow!
Our favorite headline of the month so far comes from Philadelphia, where jockey Victor Molina has been charged with domestic abuse. The victim? His racehorse, whom he kicked in the stomach following a race at Philadelphia Park. The headline? Jockey Short With Horse, naturally. More »
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Meanwhile, in "Beast vs. Beast" Racing...
Having already established that Chad Johnson racing a horse at 4:53 p.m. today is THE racing event of the day/week/month, it's a wee bit harder to get excited about the Belmont Stakes. More »
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Hockey Is Not NBC's Top Priority
It's nice that the NHL has a deal with NBC. It would be even nicer if NBC didn't remind hockey fans just how insignificant their little Canadian game is at every single opportunity. More »
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