Not to beat dead horse. Also not to make bad puns but Sunday I blogged that my favorite Derby horse Eight Belles had passed away and then I linked the story to a PETA article about the unfair treatment of horses. Now, I wrote that before PETA announced its plans to protest the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority today, arguing for major changes, including a ban on using the whip or racing horses younger than 3. Does this mean I am psychic? If so, too bad I didn’t use those psychic powers to bet on the winning horse. Anyhoo…

The trainer of euthanized filly Eight Belles adamantly defended the way jockey Gabriel Saez handled the Kentucky Derby runner-up.In an interview with The Associated Press on Monday, Larry Jones said Saez applied the whip only to prevent Eight Belles from crashing into the rail.This filly in every race has tried to drift toward the rail, Jones said. It’s her comfort zone, and Gabriel knows this. This kid made every move the right move, and I hate it that they’re wanting to jump down his throat. He did not try to abuse that horse to make her run faster. He knew he was second best, that she wasn’t going to catch Big Brown. [Associated Press]

Just how dangerous is horse racing to adorable horsies? Theres much debate on that issue, just check out this report from NBC sports.
Check out The Horse Protection League at http://www.horse-protection.org/ to and see how you can and help horses.