Barbaro, A Nation's Horse

Danzig · #1 05-05-2007, 10:28 PM

you know, some things are better left unsaid. for those who have 'gotten over it'--good for you. but to tell others to do so-well, that's ballsy.

Hickory Hill Hoff · #2 05-05-2007, 10:34 PM

Was very sad to see again...HE was a "warrior". Too bad it's things like this that brings horseracing to the forefront...

Danzig · #3 05-05-2007, 10:41 PM

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Was very sad to see again...HE was a "warrior". Too bad it's things like this that brings horseracing to the forefront...

not going to watch it myself. i try to stay positive as much as possible, that show would be too maudlin for me.

Antitrust32 · #4 05-05-2007, 10:42 PM

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not going to watch it myself. i try to stay positive as much as possible, that show would be too maudlin for me.

it was positive a little bit, showed his career, his life, and what he meant to those around him.

Holy cow was he a freak on the turf!

Danzig · #5 05-05-2007, 10:45 PM

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it was positive a little bit, showed his career, his life, and what he meant to those around him.

Holy cow was he a freak on the turf!

yeah, he was. but i kept up with him so much from preakness on, i don't want to go back and watch any of it. heck, it was only a couple of years ago that i finally read the book on ruffian. it's just not something i do. kind of like that dale earnhardt movie, i refused to watch it.

Lava · #6 05-06-2007, 01:17 AM

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it was positive a little bit, showed his career, his life, and what he meant to those around him.

Holy cow was he a freak on the turf!

I think you are right about how much he meant to those around him being a positive. I just wish more trainers, jocks, and owners cared that much about the horse.

Cannon Shell · #7 05-06-2007, 01:23 AM

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I think you are right about how much he meant to those around him being a positive. I just wish more trainers, jocks, and owners cared that much about the horse.

He won the damn Derby. Of course the freakin horse is going to mean a lot to those people. There are lots of people that love and care about their horses just as much as those people do, just without the limelight of being a Derby winner.