Barbaro with Another Setback

You know how slow I am...

 

Instead of saying "die" so you won't get annoying AP updates, why not be a little more positive and hope he gets better so you won't get those annoying AP updates.
Oh, because that's probably the more difficult path.
I, for one, am rooting for Barbaro to get better.

 

I personally hope he gets better, too. The overwrought Barbaro Nation stuff does get a bit old, IMO.

 

You've got loads of nerve speaking for all of us on that one. I'd take one Idaho for 50 of you.

And frankly, I believe they're putting this horse through pain just so they can use him for stud.

 

That'd be correct. Think the breeding rights have gone up at all since all this began?

 

I'll go one further...

In a grander philosophical sense, why is this horse likely going to die?

For our own amusement.

You can dress it up all you want. You can have "trainers" and "jockeys", well-coiffed southern gentlemen sipping mint juleps alongside well-heeled debutantes and even give it names like "the sport of kings."

But at the end of the day, what is horse racing but animal exploitation for the sake of the gambling public?

And for almost a year, we've had such an outpouring of support for this defenseless animal, which is truly wonderful and heartwarming.

But has any thought been given to the machine that ultimately did this animal in?

 

There is no doubt the horse is in daily misery now.

 

Dude... explain that to me.