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Originally Posted by Drolefille
And the "Giving ad nauseam a whole new meaning" award goes to....
oh sorry, back to Heroes...
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Over in chit chat, a poster commented about Barbaro something to the effect that "hoof healing...oops too late" so you are in the same boat and you both are sinking as fast as the Titanic.
Read my response in Chit Chat to save space here for others to commensurate and grieve...
Many radio stations are making jokes about people creating memorials and crying for Barbaro's passing....such assholes...for me, being in Kentucky for my college years meant a new insight into the Thoroughbred industry and the beauty and majesty that is the thoroughbred.
Would visit the giants of the racing world at the various farms as they did they noble deed of continuing their legacy thru various lucky "ladies"--the goosebumps I felt to stroke the nose of Secretariat after I got to see him in the infield of Derby as he began his magical quest of the Triple Crown was beyond comprehension. The eyes simply looked into my soul and I couldn't help but smile and thank him (he helped me win money to get back to campus ...but that wasn't it) for his stately presence and true olympic stature.
Too many today kept saying "he was ONLY a horse"...damn, you try running your heart out around tracks on the four crystal fragile hooves and a man on your back and see how you do???
So, beyond this comment and my other one in Chit Chat..today's Washington Post has a poignant commentary about the heart and soul that is and was Barbaro.
For you who care and want to emphathize...or for those who need to shut up and try and open your horizons about our popular culture --if he was a football player about to be in the Super Bowl, it would entirely different...everyone would be simply rallying behind the mourning crowds....but again, "Barbaro was ONLY A HORSE"
Go to
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ail/components
it is an article by Sally Jenkins in the Sports section of today's Post in case I am not still good enough of cutting and pasting...she talks about his "bottomless heart"--his "indefatigable spirit and his high tolerance for pain" try not to forget he has been fighting this battle since last May..as I said in the other string...there is a movie called THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY??about those in the roaring twenties who would endanger themselves for stupid dance marathons just to win a trophy...perhaps, to some that should have been his legacy of simply being put to sleep and having no struggle, no more pain, just peace.
That would have never been Barbaro's style....he was a fighter and a never say never champion..thoroughbred or not...he was a true contender.
Here is to the horse that should have been king....Barbaro-- rest easy.
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