They won't be. Money drives everything in thoroughbred racing, as far as I have ever seen (and I am not a racing insider, so I realize that is a generalization). The only exception I'd ever seen is Barbaro, and even there, money was a factor: if he lived, he would have brought in as much in stud feeds as winnings, I suspect.
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Date: 2008-05-04 03:59 pm (UTC)For fairness, her jockey had a different story: http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/eight-belles.html. She was running fine until her legs gave out after she crossed the finish line. Perhaps both accounts are the truth.
But it's a great illustration of why my horse-whisperer friend won't go anywhere near racing any more.