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Nov. 6th, 2006 03:40 pmWatched the Breeders Cup races on Sunday evening--Ouija Board was just beautiful the way she rolled right along to victory. You could see it in her eyes before the race, she was just planning to win. A wonderful way to end a career, if this was indeed as speculated her last race before retiring to be a broodmare.
Pine Island, on the other hand, had a horrible way to end a career. The track vet said she was undoubtedly feeling no pain due to the huge amount of endorphins generated by racing. I hope that was true. Obviously all her connections were very upset, the trainer and owner couldn't even talk on camera about it, but even so, I cannot help but think they let it happen to her in some way. I am back at my old conundrum of whether I am complicit as well for enjoying the sport. I guess all I can do is keep writing letters. It's all so beautiful, and then it's all so sickening. (somewhat ironically, Michael Matz, the trainer of Barbaro, was the trainer of the filly who won the Distaff--he said, and of course one believes him fully, that he knew all too well what Pine Island's people were going through) There was a second filly injured in the race as well, Fleet Indian, but her jockey was able to tell there was something wrong and ease her up before anything worse happened--she should be fine.
Pine Island, on the other hand, had a horrible way to end a career. The track vet said she was undoubtedly feeling no pain due to the huge amount of endorphins generated by racing. I hope that was true. Obviously all her connections were very upset, the trainer and owner couldn't even talk on camera about it, but even so, I cannot help but think they let it happen to her in some way. I am back at my old conundrum of whether I am complicit as well for enjoying the sport. I guess all I can do is keep writing letters. It's all so beautiful, and then it's all so sickening. (somewhat ironically, Michael Matz, the trainer of Barbaro, was the trainer of the filly who won the Distaff--he said, and of course one believes him fully, that he knew all too well what Pine Island's people were going through) There was a second filly injured in the race as well, Fleet Indian, but her jockey was able to tell there was something wrong and ease her up before anything worse happened--she should be fine.
