Eight Belles, What a Heart...

We here at RIVALSflag love the ponies, none more than the first Saturday in May from Louisville.  Today we saw maybe the most game effort by a filly we had ever seen up to this point in our racing lives.  Then tragedy struck once again as it did with Barbaro; Eight Belles had no front legs to stand on with the damage so severe that she had to be put down on the track.  I personally shed a tear and had to turn the TV off because the grandchildren were there watching with me.  We had been cheering Big Brown on big time since we had placed a little wager on him but we also were cheering on the big filly, all 17 hands of her.  Then it happened and the mood went from jubilation to one of sadness.  Our best wishes go out to her owners and handlers; going to be a long tough night for them...