I'm unsure of the best response. Certainly today on mainstream sports talk they were scoffed at widely... which is appropriate of course. If people who don't really know the game think they're being ridiculous, it'll fade away quickly.
As Pais brought up earlier today, the reality of this in terms of PETA themselves is strictly limited to their animus towards KFC (Yum! Brands).. That's what got them focused towards the Derby originally, when they caught on to spokesperson Pam Anderson's regular attending of it...
Let's see what the next day or two brings...
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