Comments on: Rest in Peace – Eight Belles http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2008/05/03/rest-in-peace-eight-belles/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rest-in-peace-eight-belles You'll only need the edge! ! ! Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:15:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Malcolm http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2008/05/03/rest-in-peace-eight-belles/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Malcolm Sun, 04 May 2008 21:30:54 +0000 http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/?p=104#comment-66 calico, we can only hope he didn't (as a professional, I should hope he didn't do anything intentionally/unintentionally to hurt that horse). And maybe hope horses don't do that. They're not machines, after all. calico, we can only hope he didn’t (as a professional, I should hope he didn’t do anything intentionally/unintentionally to hurt that horse). And maybe hope horses don’t do that. They’re not machines, after all.

]]> By: calico http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2008/05/03/rest-in-peace-eight-belles/comment-page-1/#comment-65 calico Sun, 04 May 2008 17:57:13 +0000 http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/?p=104#comment-65 the question that is raised in my mind is simply this: She ran a great race, and it was only in the slowing down when she had a problem.. the jockey said he pulled up on her after he heard a pop...what if the jockey pulled up on her too tightly, causing her to try and stop too fast and caused her to break both ankles? the question that is raised in my mind is simply this: She ran a great race, and it was only in the slowing down when she had a problem.. the jockey said he pulled up on her after he heard a pop…what if the jockey pulled up on her too tightly, causing her to try and stop too fast and caused her to break both ankles?

]]> By: Malcolm http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2008/05/03/rest-in-peace-eight-belles/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Malcolm Sun, 04 May 2008 00:36:55 +0000 http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/?p=104#comment-62 Actually, it sounds from the one report I found with the jockey quoted that she broke both ankles just after the wire. So no, it doesn't sound like she was running on broken ankles. Sounds like it was during the slowdown after the wire. I worried because in the replays, she looked right during the stretch, but according to the jockey, she didn't start galloping wrong until after the wire. Here's one of the links with a quote from the jockey: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ikb2xc2WoImWqN-zdJtloNePcfAAD90EETQG0 Actually, it sounds from the one report I found with the jockey quoted that she broke both ankles just after the wire. So no, it doesn’t sound like she was running on broken ankles. Sounds like it was during the slowdown after the wire.

I worried because in the replays, she looked right during the stretch, but according to the jockey, she didn’t start galloping wrong until after the wire.

Here’s one of the links with a quote from the jockey: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ikb2xc2WoImWqN-zdJtloNePcfAAD90EETQG0

]]> By: moon_custafer http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/2008/05/03/rest-in-peace-eight-belles/comment-page-1/#comment-61 moon_custafer Sun, 04 May 2008 00:31:04 +0000 http://www.malcolmgin.com/blog/?p=104#comment-61 They give maddeningly little detail - but it sounds like she must have finished the race on broken ankles. And she came in second - what a poor, brave, creature. They give maddeningly little detail – but it sounds like she must have finished the race on broken ankles. And she came in second – what a poor, brave, creature.

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