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- Stallion Deal For Kentucky Derby Winner Big Brown
- US Experts Attack Breeding Trends 1
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- US Experts Attack Breeding Trends 3
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- US Experts Attack Breeding Trends 5
- US Experts Attack Breeding Trends 6
- British Govt Attacks French Gambling Law
- Purrealist 1st Stallion To Stand At Makybe
- De Beers Syndicate Buys Mares To Support New Sire
- Revolutionary Technology Transforms Stallion Guides
- Steriline Announces Annual Scholarship
- Apache Cat Favourite For BTC Cup
- Inglis Autumn Yearling Sale Begins Sunday
- Encosta Leads Flying Spur & More Than Ready On Aust Sires Table
- Volksraad Leads O'Reilly & Cape Cross On NZ Sires Table
- Argentine Gr1 Star Thano To Stand At NZ Grangewilliam
- 1,000 Wins For NZ Jockey Herd
- Manning Quits As Seachange Trainer
- 4 Aust Gallopers Entered For UK Gr1 July Cup
- Billionaire Irish Owner Desmond Sued Over Gambling Debt
- 1st Winner For US Sire Newfoundland
- B&R's Galloping Horse Never Sleeps
US Experts Attack Breeding Trends 3
Friday, 9th May 2008
Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins described Eight Belles's legs as "champagne-glass ankles" & highlighted the issue: "Is horse racing breeding itself to death? The camera cut away from her, but it should have stayed on her. Eight Belles had run herself half to death & now the vets were finishing the job as she lay on her side, her beautiful figure a black hump on the track. Modern thoroughbreds are bred for extreme speed, maybe to the point of endangerment. Thoroughbreds are muscularly more powerful than ever, but their bone skeletons seem to be getting lighter & frail."
