Am I the only one sick and tired of all these Barbaro horse stories?

Question

I mean, we're talking about a HORSE for cryin' out loud.

A horse that wasn't even good enough to run very many races before breaking his leg. C'mon!

Answer 1

No, I too, am tired of the Barbaro coverage. This is all being generated by a mostly ignorant media feeding on an even more ignorant public during a somewhat slow news week and let's face it, it keeps attention off that cesspool called Iraq.

Barbaro was a nice horse with some talent. He won the Kentucky Derby. There have been several nice horses with some talent win the Kentucky Derby. Come on people he was no Secretariat, Affirmed, John Henry, etc. etc. And, I am one of those who believe that Bernadini would have defeated him in the Preakness anyway and that Bernadini DERSERVES to be the 3-year-old champion of the year. (As well as INVASOR the Horse of the Year). Barbaro obviously had some soundness issues -- that isn't the mark of a GREAT horse. He never set any track records and did not exactly BLAZE the Beyer numbers. He was simply, a nice horse.

Oooh, ooh, oooh, I can just hear all those Tim Woolley website devotees saying what an uncaring, unfeeling person I am. I am not, I love horses (racehorses in particular) and have been raised with them all my life. Just because I see this for what it is (and don't believe I see Barbaro in the clouds or in my teacup like many of them do--if you do, you need to seek some help) I will be vilified in their poems, songs and verse.

This was a nice horse that had a tragedy that befalls many nice racehorses in this country. He was not "human". He was an animal and had little choice in the matter(s) that affected his attempted recovery. He was a horse on the end of the lead rope and did NOT have much choice on whether he had surgery or not. By the way, his owners didn't have much choice either --- the insurance companies pretty much called the shots. We will most likely hear about that later.

The reason the whole Barbaro thing is so compelling to the American public is because it was Thoroughbred's REALITY TV show and the media made Barbaro a broken hero of an industry that is limping along right now. Hundreds of horses are destroyed every year on American racetracks due to catastrophic breakdowns in public racing (we don't really know the numbers that break down this way in training and are disposed of). The Barbaro breakdown occurred on a brillant spring Saturday afternoon on NBC in front of millions of people. It was very horrific and tragic. REALITY TV folks. Just like the show American Idol --- Thoroughbred racing couldn't have devised a better ratings booster than this poor horse's seemingly unending fight for life.

The Thoroughbred industry has some severe image problems now. I think the whole Barbaro episode will actually have a backlash as the fairy tale ending did not happen. People are going to get over the sad stage and then go thru the angry stage. AMERICA SHOULD BE ANGRY WITH THIS INDUSTRY.

In addition to the unsavory breakdowns that happen on a weekly basis, the racing industry is still fighting a huge doping problem (Todd Pletcher -- TB racing's number one trainer was just put down -- of course they did it during the "off-season" so it wouldn't really affect his stables or his image).

In addition, the racing industry is a large contributor to the supply of slaughter horses in this country by their overbreeding practices and the way they literally throw horses away at the end of their usefulness.

I predict we will continue to hear about Barbaro, but it is going to turn into some publicity the Jockey Club didn't count on. It should.

Answer 2

A horse can nonetheless be "loose" in a pasture it quite is 5 acres. have you ever talked to the owner approximately this situation? no longer being rude to you in any respect greater to the owner yet why would not the owner get out in a 300 acre paddock and attempt to capture a you g horse on green grass? in line with threat if the owner had some style of bond with the pony then the owner could have the flexibility to capture her. little bit of a stupid concern, fancy having a youthful horse in a paddock packed with green grass!! i genuinely have no thought a thank you to bypass approximately that, the only ingredient i could do is communicate with the owner and attempt to place the horses in a smaller paddock or area off area of the paddock.

Answer 3

Yes you are. That horse was special to many of us. Animals are like humans. They can all suffer pain the same way we do. Barbaro suffered until the end.

Answer 4

I am having a gout attack and in quite a lot of pain. I am worried my doctor is going to put me down......

Answer 5

You have choice.

Don't listen to it, if you don't care for what you hear.