Bungee Jumper Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 I admit to once being one of those "make glue out of 'em types", but when I saw what happened to Barbaro at the Preakness, I was visibly upset for quite a while. That was one of the roughest things I ever endured in sports on TV. Somewhere in here there's a really cruel Joe Theisman glue joke...
In space no one can hear Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 Nope, that is not correct. Breeding may have been the ultimate motivation...There's no doubt his stud fees would've been through the roof. However, his sperm alone is no good...Thoroughbred breeding regulations do not allow for artificial insemination- mainly because you pay so much money in stud fees, that the only way to ensure a horse is the father is to make sure he was the one plugging away. Otherwise, you could just sell sperm from the stable horse and say it was from a Triple Crown champion. To make money, they needed his hind leg to be strong enough to support his weight while standing and doing the deed. I think that was always a longshot. I believe the owners and doctors had the horse's best intentions in mind, and they said all along that if there are setbacks and Barbaro appears to be in discomfort, they would put him down. That seems like what they did. Even though the money he would generate once put out to stud had to be part of the motivation, to me that seems FAR from cruel; running free in a pasture and having sex all day is not the worst way for a horse to live out his golden years.... Thanks for the informative post! You never know when you will learn something on The Wall!
ACor58 Posted January 29, 2007 Author Posted January 29, 2007 Somewhere in here there's a really cruel Joe Theisman glue joke... As in glue his mouth shut so he can never take to the airwaves again.
bobblehead Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 Not for me. As far as enjoyment, it was right up there with Tanya taking a crowbar to Nancy. Lighten up. Afterall, it is only a horse of course of course...... Tanya never took a crowbar to Nancy, that trailer park boyfriend's trailer park hitman did. Although name dropping Nancy Kerrigan in a thread about a horse, I would have to think, is more than just a coincidence. Please, those teeth have probably seen a boat load of hay pass behind them.
keepthefaith Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 With humans dieing everyday of cancer, AIDS, kids being kidnapped and killed, American Soldiers at war. Who in the $^% cares about a horse who ran around in a circle so people could bet money on. Cut the friggin thing up and feed the poor Ouch! Tough crowd.
Bungee Jumper Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 Ouch! Tough crowd. Ignore him. He cries over wrestlers.
KD in CA Posted January 29, 2007 Posted January 29, 2007 running free in a pasture and having sex all day is not the worst way for a horse to live out his golden years.... A horse? Hell, that's a pretty damn good way for anyone to live! RIP Barbaro.
Albany,n.y. Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 It's too bad that in Parade Magazine (2/11) someone asked how Barbaro was doing & they replied as if he's still alive. Those people really have to make Parade more current or not answer questions like that one when the horse's chances were 50-50 at best when they went to print.
VABills Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 So did anyone go to the BBQ? Thoroughbred like that was probably some fine lean meat.
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