4/27: Incident mars Derby Works..

[sumitas]

I'd like to see some of these brilliant observations in an interview on CNN explaining the tragedy after the accident is aired yet again. It's been aired it several times today.

Tell the world how the exercize riders had no clue a horse was rampaging down the track so that it hit a horse standing still from behind . Explain that one .

[ezgoerbaby]

A lot of these observations SHOULD be included on CNN....usually on these types of things, they get in a bunch of people who seem to know absolutely NOTHING about racing or horses in general. I'd rather see an informed/knowledgable horse person comment on it. People who don't understand and realize that a scared horse is completely unpredictable and can and will do the unthinkable have no business reporting on this.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by sumitas

I'd like to see some of these brilliant observations in an interview on CNN explaining the tragedy after the accident is aired yet again. It's been aired it several times today.

Tell the world how the exercize riders had no clue a horse was rampaging down the track so that it hit a horse standing still from behind . Explain that one .

Yes, it would be nice if some actual experts were asked to explain the situation at least reasonably. But, of course that wouldn't fit CNN's agenda.

Surely you get this?

[sumitas]

Yes sir I do . And I understand the unpredictability of horses and the dangers they pose . Safety improvements should always be strived for . Of course they need to be affordable as well .

[Riot]

Originally Posted by sumitas

I'd like to see some of these brilliant observations in an interview on CNN explaining the tragedy after the accident is aired yet again. It's been aired it several times today.

Tell the world how the exercize riders had no clue a horse was rampaging down the track so that it hit a horse standing still from behind . Explain that one .

I guess you have no clue what the proper and safest response is, if you are in a group of mounted riders - on the track, in a ring, on a trail ride, at a foxhunt - and one young horse tosses it's rider and rampages out of control back towards the group.

[Danzig]

dr. rap update from drf:


Dr. Rap on the mend

Dr. Rap, the unraced 3-year-old colt injured in a gruesome two-horse accident on Monday morning, is continuing to recuperate at the equine clinic Hagyard-Davidson McGee in Lexington, Ky., trainer David Carroll said Wednesday.

"He has radial nerve paralysis in his right shoulder," Carroll said. "It's a stinger. The next two or three days are pretty crucial. We're keeping our fingers crossed. He's getting acupuncture to try to regenerate the nerves."