Why should I care that some rich guys horse can run faster than some other rich guys horse?

[Pierre.Suave]

I don't get it.

[struggle4progress]

1. Ya'd understand better if ya bought yaself a cap with a transparent green visor

Apparently, ya don't got one -- so what can I say?

[DarkTirade]

2. Why should you care that some rich guy can throw a lemon-shaped ball to another guy

right before some other rich guy tries to tackle one of them? :shrug:

[Pierre.Suave]

9. See, the thing is...

that I dont...

:P

[DarkTirade]

28. Ah, at least you're consistant then.

Only thing I've ever watched on ESPN was martial arts related stuff. Just because I'm a nerd and I find that interesting. :P

[Pierre.Suave]

33. real nerds know how to spell...

consistent...




























:P Kidding of course...

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[Left Is Write]

4. Because if you bet on the right rich guy's horse, you become a rich guy yourself.

[Pierre.Suave]

12. what if I don't like to gamble

and don't need to anyway?

[texanwitch]

5. I cared because a female horse was going to win.

She kicked some male horse ass.

If it would have been just males running I wouldn't have cared.

It is a female thing.

[TZ]

6. Why should you care about millionaires

Playing hit and catch with a small white ball on a grass field or about expensive automobiles driving around tracks and polluting the environment? See? I hate it when people feel the need to shit all over something they don't like or others do. There are plenty of sports I don't like or understand but I don't go around bitching about them

[Pierre.Suave]

10. ...

this isn't me bitching, trust me, you will KNOW when I am bitching...

:P

[Shell Beau]

7. I used to love horse racing before I saw how it takes a terrible

toll on the horses. One little false move for the horse can mean death. Here lately, it seems like it happens often too. Maybe it just gets more press now. :shrug:

[Midlodemocrat]

8. I spent a great deal of time around thoroughbreds and along

the backstretch in the late 70s, early 80s. I enjoyed it immensely until a terrible, terrible accident took the lives of several horses in Saratoga in the summer of 1980.

Now I can't watch. It scares me that one of these animals will injure themselves.

[Shell Beau]

11. Me too! It doesn't take much to end a horse's life.

One leg, ankle, or foot injury can mean death.

[flvegan]

13. I dunno.

Personally, I'm abhorred at any activity where animals are forced to entertain people. I've never watched a horse race, never will.

But then, I'm a freak.

[elleng]

14. No reason,

so don't bother.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. I think it all boils down to souls

and how one chooses to live their life.

All sports have been bastardized for the want of money.

[Shell Beau]

16. That is soooo true! Hello baseball!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. Yeah --

I keep saying I am a fan, but anymore it just makes me sad. Go Braves. wo0t.

[BeachBaby]

17. I grew up two miles from the Garden State Racetrack.

As a little kid, I remember thinking that there were an awful lot of very rich people (judging from their clothes and cars) making more money by making horses do things they shouldn't be doing.

I didn't watch it then, and I never will.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. Because thanks to those rich guys' horses

a lot of other people can work hard for shit wages.

[charlie and algernon]

20. the state of Maryland gets a shit load of money from today

money that goes to workforce training and other programs to run the state and help those in need.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. That's true...

But I wonder how many backstretch workers end up needing some of that help?

[Faygo Kid]

21. Nasty.

Disagree, but wallow in it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

23. ok...Why do you disagree?

How is that statement Not True?

[BarenakedLady]

22. Me either

It stresses me out to watch, so I don't.

The animals don't choose to play and baseball players (or any other human-based sport) who injure themselves don't get shot.

[mentalsolstice]

25. Like anything else, there are pros and cons to the sport

My family is from the epicenter (Lexington, KY) of horse racing. My mom's cousin was the house attorney for Calumet Farm, and the good, bad and ugly about the farm is written up in "The Wild Ride". Honestly, most of the horses that race in the Triple Crown races have better living conditions than many of us here at DU. Additionally, running is what a thoroughbred loves to do most.

I'm sickened when a horse goes down. When it comes to animals there is no bigger wuss than I am. Yet, I also know that most of these horses get better housing, exercise and health care than most of us two-legged creatures. The horses are happy, they get to run which is what they want to do, and they live in spectacular conditions.

[Kali]

26. Did someone ask you to care about that?

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[OmahaBlueDog]

29. Sports is pretty much about some rich guy's something doing something

I just wonder why we keep building stadiums and arenas for them?

[fizzgig]

30. you might as well ask why you should care about anything anyone cares about

i don't get sailing or people who care about having the fastest, loudest cars possible, but hey, everyone has their own interests.

[northzax]

31. I could write a long treatise

On the history and tradition of the Sport of Kings, and throw in a bit about the human-equine bond and all that. But that won't matter. Instead I'll just point out that it includes three of my favourite things: sundresses, alcohol and gambling. Nuff said.

And I'll point something else out: you cannot force a horse to race. It either will, or it won't.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

32. Give me a horse with heart...any day

I understand that it is not for everyone though.