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This is truly a sad situation. I hate horse racing for this reason exactly. They push these horses to the limit and it breaks them down and its no wonder they break down so easily. I am an animal lover and this ****es me off. To me, horse racing is as bad as what the boys from pikeville did last year when they shot all those horses. I think it should be banned or something. What kills me even more is that the trainer said she wanted to do this, how the **** does a person know what a horse wants to do, and if she was so much a part of the family why race her like that, or any horse for that matter. Also, if they are so much a part of family life, why is it so easy for them to have to put one down. Again, it wouldnt have to happen if they wouldnt race them in the first place.

I understand your point, and, not to be petty, but those boys were from Elkhorn, not Pikeville!

Actually, the trainer and owner did not know that they were putting the horse down, but said, when he saw her with bones sticking through her legs, he agreed with the decision!