Eight Belles Got Second Place in the Race
A race horse got euthanized at the end of the Kentucky Derby because she broke both of her front ankles. The doctors that checked her said she would not have been able to walk again and that it is fucking painful to have just one ankle be broken. People are PISSED about this. PETA is going after the 20 year-old jockey for doing his job and freaking the shit out of him.
That’s not the only thing that’s being talked about with this death: “they” are now checking the horse’s body for steroids. Eight Belles was big for a filly, leading some to point fingers at the trainer. Weird. His response is along the lines of a wtf face. She was the first filly since 1999 to run in the Derby.
Barbaro, the 2006 Derby winner, was put down last year at three years old due to an injured hind leg. Had he recovered he may have been worth 30 million dollars.