Frustration?

[DCracing]

i can't wait to get to belmont park! and to bring my daughters to saratoga in august. thx

[pmacdaddy]

Well said.

[prudery]

Perfectly stated and heartfelt ...I have exhausted my pretentious ass cruising the internet to try to correct and bring rationality to this hearbreaking situation ... Nothing will bring the filly back, and perhaps there is no explanation but that it was an accident ...
It infuriates me that those who see a race or two a year are ready with explanations, damnations and other ations ...
And yes, there is some truth even in the ranting of the PETA people and other hysterics ...
Nobody wants to see this happen ... And nobody doesn't want speed without safety ...

[otisotisotis]

Huzzah!

[fpsoxfan]

Very well put Andy. A great read.

[philcski]

Outstanding piece, Andy... couldn't have voiced what I was thinking it better. Would love to see it in an op/ed in the Times, which has printed some things this week which were not in their best character.

Thanks again for a truly heartfelt read.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Very well put Andy...this IS the greatest sport

[Suffolk Shippers]

Thanks Andy, very well said.

My girlfriend asked me tonight what I thought about all this national media noise about Eight Belles and how cruel racing is and blah blah. Purposely, I have been trying to avoid it because I know it's just another uninformed, lazy, headline grabbing story after another, from people who don't know the game or the animals.

Hell, I don't claim to know the game that well. I love the animals and I like my gambling now and then. That's why I am here. To me, I'd like to see one of these reporters/columinsts out there on a sweltering August Wednesday in Minnesota at Cantebury or a cold November Monday at Suffolk Downs in $5,000 NWX2 claiming event. I'd like to see them when some 6 yr old gelding breaks down in a race like that at a track like those. Not to diminsh Eight Belles' life or her career, but she is no different than that 6 yr old gelding. If they were there to report the demise of that gelding, than hey, maybe they had some business sensationalizing Eight Belles passing.

But of course, that will never be the case. Don't get me started on the whole advance wager bullsh**t.

[_ed_]

As everyone has said, great post. Agree with every word.

[horseofcourse]

Excellent piece...should be a letter to the editor in papers across the country.

[pgiaco]

Outstanding, this belongs in the paper or on the news instead of the peta drivel being dished out.

[tap]

This is the best piece I have read anywhere. In four paragraphs you have captured our feelings and put a mirror to our souls. Outstanding!!

[sumitas]

This race brought many suspicions harbored by many to the fore. Questions that will remain on the minds of many for some time.

[Payson Dave]

Maybe I'm very naive but I'm having a hard time buying that undetectable drugs played a role in this years derby...or for that matter the races in Dubai

[Danzig]

why? because the trainers aren't stupid??

they may have been on the up and up. fact is, many will wonder and doubt, because of the trainers of record.

[Payson Dave]

Originally Posted by Danzig

why? because the trainers aren't stupid??
they may have been on the up and up. fact is, many will wonder and doubt, because of the trainers of record.

no.....because drug testing technology has become quite advanced

[docvegas.]

well said.

Your post suc ks.

nahhhh.

The part about the best horse winning and the fact
that this really is satisfying does indeed
strike the right tone.

Poor Eight Belles totally took me by surprise though.
Cant seem to factor that one out. From the horse
running suprisingly well (for me), to the accident.
To the press this morning again attacking racing.
Quandry persists.

[geeker2]

Thanks Andy...you done good!

[GenuineRisk]

Well, your excellent post motivated me, Andy. Salon had an article in the sports section on the race and I took the time to post a long letter trying to address the misconceptions about racing posted by other letter writers. I didn't say it as well as you did, but I did my best. Thanks.