Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt (don’t ask, we don’t know who they are either) rubbed elbows with Nick Lachey, Hugh Hefner, Chelsea Clinton, Jerry O’Connell and others last Friday night at the Brownstable Brown Gala - just one of the many exciting festivities enjoyed by lots of people before being treated the next day to the tragic spectacle of watching the second place finisher Eight Belles snap both of her ankles after crossing the finish line and get euthanized on the track.

Life long horse better Edgerton Robinson hated to see a good horse go down, but he also said “It was a sad scene, but what can I say? … It’s a part of the sport.”  That’s right Edgerton.  If Eight Belles didn’t want any part of the “sport” she should’ve stayed in the pasture.

Bottom Line:  Horses are magnificent animals. When they aren’t being shipped to Canada for slaughter they are being bred to entertain for a profit by getting pushed to their physical limits.  It’s fascinating to see how certain sports involving animals are justified while other sports involving animals earn you prison time. We aren’t saying class has anything to do with it.

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