Monday, May 5, 2008



Poor Eight Belles! I didn't post this on Saturday after the Kentucky Derby because it was just so sad. Having owned horses almost all my life up until 5 yrs. ago, I know how the trainer and owners of this beautiful filly must have felt. I had to put my horse down when I was 15 years old because she broke her back and it was one of the toughest things I've had to deal with in my life. Everyone take a moment to think about this beautiful creature!

6 comments:

  1. Sherri, we watched the Derby and were so sad when we heard what happened to Eight Bells. It was so exciting to see her take 2nd. What a gorgeous horse. I felt kind of bad for Big Brown because the whole race took on a shadow after the news about EB was out. I'm sorry you had to go through that experience with your horse.

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  2. Mary you are a very sweet person! I'm 48 years old and when I heard about Eight Belles it just brought back all the things I had to go through, especially at 15 yrs. old that was hard. EB was a beautiful horse and would have gone on to be even greater but I guess that wasn't the plan I'm sorry to say. I almost didn't watch the Derby but at the last minute I turned it on.

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  3. I was so sad at the end of the Derby. It was terrible to see that beautiful horse go down. It was a shame that it overshadowed Big Brown's sensational win.

    Sherry - check out this blog:
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    All the current reading challenges are listed. The Southern challenge is about the 3rd one down. Check often as she posts new challenges almost daily.

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  4. Sherri, I didn't even watch it but I was so sad when I read/heard about her on the news, it's always tragic when a beautiful racehorse is fatally injured. This happens alot with the Grand National back home and in the end I just quit watching it as too upsetting.

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  5. Sarah, I have watched the Grand National also in the past but stopped due to so many tragedies. I don't watch the Equestrian part of the Olympics very much anymore either because Eventing is so hard on the horses and very dangerous for both horse and rider.

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  6. I thought some posts on the Kentucky Derby would be a nice segue into the Southern Reading Challenge; unfortunately, bonnets and mint juleps seem trivial after a horse gives his life for the show. Very sad.

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