[From HuffPost]Big Brown backed up his trainer's boasts with an explosive finishing kick and won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday - a day marred by the fatal breakdown of the filly Eight Belles.
The cheers for the winner's decisive victory were cut short when Eight Belles, the runner-up, was euthanized on the track minutes after the race when she collapsed with two broken front ankles.
Hillary Clinton last week put her money on Eight Belles to win the race:
"I hope that everybody will go to the derby on Saturday and place just a little money on the filly for me," Sen. Clinton told supporters in Jeffersonville, Ind., ABC News reports. "I won't be able to be there this year - my daughter is going to be there and so she has strict instructions to bet on Eight Belles."
So, let me get this straight......the winning horse that beat the second place horse picked by Hillary Clinton was named 'Big Brown'?! That just may be the most hilarious political metaphor I've ever heard.
On another note......when famous race horse after famous race horse keep coming out and breaking their legs in these big race events, isn't it time to realize maybe this "sport" is a bit, well...grotesque?
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BIG BROWN '08
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