Positive aspect of Eight Belles

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Halfbridled

If there will be any good to come out of this, I was hoping that we would see some changes and improvements in the health and safety of racehorses.

I would love to think this may be true but it's not. As a matter of fact some of the changes for "the good of the breed" may wind up being more detrimental to the health and safety of horses. Pandering to public opinion (and most of the public has already moved on) does not mean anything really will change especially when those changes will cost people more money. Just as the detention barn in NY (which was a PR move that was widely praised by the press and others) has accomplished nothing other than make it more expensive for owners and trainers to run horses in NY, most of the moves that have been proposed are full of holes or will simply be lip service that is easily circumvented by the clever and devious.