Originally Posted by RYou  Did you watch the replay? She was trotting in her cool down, 1/4 mile past the finish and just tumbled over. She must have crushed the ankles on the way down after collapsing from some other reason. The jock was thrown 10 feet away from her. Tragic ending. |
No, i haven't -- i'm too much of a softy. Here is text from an article in the nytimes that mentions some of the concerns I heard:
Questions are also bound to be raised about the makeup of the horses themselves, and whether commercial breeders focus too much on pedigrees that produce precocious and fast, but not necessarily sound, runners.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/sp...ef=othersports