dukedogsmom - that was beautiful :]

It was a horrible tragedy, but I don't want them to stop horse racing because of a few accidents. It would be nice if they would stop racing them at two years old, though.

Racing is dangerous, but so are other equestrian sports. Recently, Frodo Baggins and his rider Laine Ashker were hurt when Frodo didn't clear one of the fences. He was euthanized (I do believe) and Laine suffered many injuries. We have a horse at our barn who is off of work for 3 months because he got hurt jumping a crossrail. Things happen, I guess.