sports.aol.com - 5/5/2008
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling for jockey Gabriel Saez, who rode Eight Belles to second place at the Kentucky Derby only to see her break her front legs and be euthanized on the track, to be suspended from horse racing. From PETA's blog : This young filly's death may have been humane, but the race sure wasn't. PETA is calling for the immediate suspension of jockey ...
PETA bitches about humans again —
ROFL Sports
So, briefly, I called out PETA about something on the Kentucky Derby and to why horses are killed if they break a leg, as opposed to trying to rehabilitate them. Well that was pretty stupid on my part. Today they came out and demanded that Gabriel Saez, Eight Belles’ jockey, be suspended after the horse had to be euthanized following her second-place finish. PETA also stated if the jockey is ...
Leave the Jockey Alone —
Same Page Sports
Saturday’s 134th running of the Kentucky Derby saw the favorite and triple crown hopeful Big Brown win in dramatic fashion, and it appeared that horse racing’s popularity was on the rise.
However, a quarter mile after the finish line, second place Eight Belles went down with two fractured ankles and was euthanized on the track a few minutes later. A day of good fortune had ...
Eight Belles' Death at Kentucky Derby Should Lead to Ban on Race-Day Drugs —
FanHouse
The death of Eight Belles in Saturday's Kentucky Derby has led to calls for action, some of which make sense ( banning the whip ), and some of which do not ( suspending jockey Gabriel Saez ). One proposal that makes so much sense that I'm surprised it hasn't happened a long time ago is banning trainers from drugging their horses on race day. Gina Rarick writes in the New York Times' horse ...
PETA Takes On Horse Racing With An ABSURD Argument —
The Smittblog
According to the reasonable folks at PETA, Horse Racing is on par with dogfighting. I'm not sure this is even worthy of a response because unlike a surprisingly large portion of Americans (according to a CNN.com poll, 60% of Americans feel that thoroughbred horses are mistreated) my readers are all probably in agreement here, but it's strikes me as so ridiculous that I feel I have to ...
Hillary Clinton Now Blamed By PETA For Eight Belles' Death —
FanIQ Blog
From the horse racing geniuses at Hugging Harold Reynolds comes this new hilarious angle to the Eight Belles story.
As you probably now know, presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton put a bet on Eight Belles before the Derby. That of course has led to a number of jokes about how her political chances are now about the same as Eight Belles - dead.
But fortunately, the wackos at PETA ...
PETA wants jockey of euthanized horse suspended, horse racing to be safer —
Sports Business Digest
You know, I always wondered what PETA thought about events like the Kentucky Derby. I mean, you aren’t killing animals and using them for fur, but jockeys do whip the horse to make it go faster for a majority of the race. And how did they feel about Eight Belles, the horse who was euthanized on the track after finishing second in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday? Well, lets just say they ...
'EIGHT' IS ENOUGH —
NY Post: Sports
THEY murdered that poor filly, Eight Belles, in the Kentucky Derby, and someone has to take the fall. Why not her jockey, Gabriel Saez, a 20-year-old kid from Panama? So says PETA, which descended on the tragedy like vultures before Eight Belles'...
PETA PUTS SPORT TO THE TEST —
NY Post: Sports
LEXINGTON, Ky. - The trainer of euthanized filly Eight Belles adamantly defended the way jockey Gabriel Saez handled the Kentucky Derby runner-up after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals called for Saez to be suspended, contending he should...
PETA: SUSPEND JOCK —
NY Post: Sports
NORFOLK, Va. - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is seeking the suspension of Eight Belles' jockey after the filly had to be euthanized following her second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Gabriel Saez was riding Eight...
'SPELL' CAST AT OAKS —
NY Post: Sports
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - What a day at the Downs for the Jones boys! Over a sealed, sloppy track, Proud Spell tracked the early pace under Gabriel Saez, bid for the lead around the far turn, then drew clear through the final furlong to a five-length...
