Calvin Borel makes it two in a row aboard Super Saver in the 136th Kentucky Derby

[tonysam]

Ice Box was second, Paddy O'Prado was third.

Borel won the race last year hugging the rail with Mine That Bird.

[Bluebear]

1. Thanks a lot for the spoiler!!!11 i was going to bet on this race later!!1

Oh...

[tonysam]

3. Sorry about that. I got too excited about Calvin. He knows his stuff. n/t

[Bluebear]

4. Joke :)

[tonysam]

5. Obviously. It was a hell of a race. My fiftieth Kentucky Derby

I have watched on television.

[taterguy]

26. +44-6

[Bicoastal]

2. He's a great jockey and all...

...but I can't understand a word that guy says! :P

[tonysam]

6. The time in the slop was a super slow 2:04.45, a far cry

from Secretariat's 37-year-old track record of 1:59 2/5.

Blood-Horse

[elleng]

30. sloppiest track I've EVER seen!

[chelsea0011]

7. delete

[LeftyMom]

8. Want to post some cockfighting results later?

Horse racing is dangerous and abusive. People of conscience should not support it.

[Name removed]

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[blueamy66]

11. oh please

if it was dangerous, I wouldn't watch it....

those horses have been lives than I could ever dream of...

God, some liberals just go tooooooo far....

[tonysam]

12. You bet they do. And the people who work with them LOVE these animals

like they were pets.

I went to Lexington, Kentucky, back in 1989 and saw many of the most famous racehorses of all time, including Secretariat and Seattle Slew. I still have a lock of Secretariat's mane, which the groom gave to me when I visited Claiborne Farm. "Red" as he was known died just nine weeks later. I always thought if I had to do it over again, I would work as a groom for these magnificent animals.

If the animal rights crowd had its way, there would be NO domesticated animals at all.

[Kalyke]

24. Animal rights activist here.

And I own four recued dogs and used to train both dogs and horses.

I never killed one exercising it.

I never worked one to death.

Exercise, discipline, reward. And discipline doesn't mean flogging it with a whip or running it to death. It means creating balance.

Domesticated animals are priceless and are God/Yahweh/Allah/Mother Earth's gift to mankind. As with all gifts, one should revere them, not beat them.

I guess your assertion about my intentions was wrong.

[LeftyMom]

14. Is it the drugs, the injuries to immature, overstressed bodies or the heart disease you dream of?

Maybe it's the "milkshakes" for stamina, or the cobra venom injections in overstressed joints.

Personally, I wouldn't want to start working at 18 months, peak at three, and wind up on a sushi tray in Japan when my boss it wasn't profitable to keep me fed.

[blueamy66]

17. What do you do for a living?

Cause I'm sure I could connect it to some terrible, steroid induced, somethingorohterthing...

Geez..get a life, please...

Buy I am sure that you touch nothing that effects any livestock or fish or whatthefuckever.....oh, to be you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LeftyMom]

18. Horse racing kills three horses a day. That's just injuries, not counting unwanted horses

that wind up in slaughterhouses or being abandoned.

I love horses. That's why I don't support horse racing.

[ZenKitty]

32. Horce racing kills three horses a day?!?!

Cite please. :)

Signed,

Umm well let's say as one who has been involved in the horse industry from BLM Mustangs to OTT TB's and most everything in between. :)

[flvegan]

33. Here you go

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/03/AR2008050301707.html

And you should be fucking ashamed of both your username and your avatar.

No, you wouldn't get it. Don't bother.

[Name removed]

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[flvegan]

21. Thank you for reposting.

I liked your original post and hated seeing it disappear.

[Kalyke]

28. Apparently, posting truthful horse euthanasia after a violent run is verboten.

I'd like to know why truth can't be shown here. I didn't call anyone out on the second post. These are news pictures of what can happen in horse racing.

Again.

RIP Eight Belles

[flvegan]

31. I noticed that.

Wish I knew. Wish I had an explanation, but I don't.

[blueamy66]

10. WooHoo

we won the exacta box

Does anyone know about Calvin?

[tonysam]

13. What about him? He won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness

last year with Mine That Bird and Rachel Alexandra respectively.

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. I sort of wanted the owned-by-25-regular-Joes Nobles Promise to win.

It would have been fun to see a 10 thousand dollar horse win. :hi:

[tonysam]

16. That would have been something. I LOVE those kind of stories

Seattle Slew and John Henry were both Cinderella stories.

[Kalyke]

20. Cinderella was saved by a fairy and a prince.

Who will save the horses?

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. Why...it looks like you will. n/t

[Kalyke]

25. Trust me - if I had the money, I would.

:)

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. Me too.

:hi:

[Kalyke]

29. If they wanna race on their own, let 'em (and they do, btw)

But to make 'em do it with enhancements and whips is not horse love.

[tonysam]

27. Reposting Louisville Courier-Journal

link:

Super Saver's much anticipated 2010 debut fell short of expectations when he finished third in the Tampa Bay Derby behind Odysseus and Schoolyard Dreams. Going off as the favorite, he set the pace as expected but was unable to withstand the pressure put on him by a sweeping Schoolyard Dreams on the turn into the homestretch and Odysseus' late stretch surge. Nevertheless, his performance in his first start in 3 1/2 months was encouraging, considering his display of tenacity through the stretch run. Instead of fading after being headed by Schoolyard Dreams, Super Saver kept fighting to finish just a nose and a half-length back in third.

WinStar Farms' homebred colt came back to finish second in the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park on April 10. Outgunned for the early lead, Super Saver chased the pace set by Line of David into the homestretch and made a determined effort to catch the California invader, only to miss by a neck.

[flvegan]

34. Posting promotions of animal abuse now okay on DU.

Breaking news. Not.