Headlines – April 1 Special
Hoofblog rounds up headlines you might have missed:
“WANTED” HORSE CRISIS PEAKS IN USA: As gas passes $10 per gallon, horse demand soars. “Everyone wants one,†moans auctioneer at New Holland (PA) sale. “And no one’s selling!†Rescue farms forced to mow empty pastures. Meat-packing industry charges rising gas prices all a ploy by anti-slaughter crowd. (April 1, 2008)
And here’s another headline, courtesy of reader EJXD2:
Big Brown sold, to be entered for Epsom Derby.
Not a joke: Trainer Rick Dutrow’s comments after Big Brown won the Florida Derby. “I haven’t seen one 3-year-old anywhere in the world that can beat Brown,” said Dutrow. “And I’ve watched ’em all run” (Miami Herald). Hm … in a match race, I might give a fit War Pass the edge.
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