| # | Name | Comments |
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| 351 | Christine Lina | What happened to Eight Belles was a tragedy. Steps must be taken to make sure this never happens again to any equine. The picture is still in my mind of her lying on the ground trying to lift her head while several people kept her down until she was euthanized. |
| 352 | Sheri Troffer | |
| 353 | Cathleen Carstens | |
| 354 | Donald Smith | |
| 355 | Lori M Sozio | Please step up and take the necessary steps to make horse racing safer and to make sure these horses do not go to slaughter. |
| 356 | Robin Morris | |
| 357 | Deb Halbert | |
| 358 | Peter Naudi | |
| 359 | Anonymous | |
| 360 | Anonymous | Many racehorses are too young for what their legs endure. Please enact changes to stop the abuse of these animals, just for the pleasure of bettors. |
| 361 | Mary Arena | I believe that racing TB's as 2 year olds, also contributes to the breakdown of many horses. Let's give their skeletal systems a chance to mature before subjecting them to the rigors of horse racing! |
| 362 | Lori Hackman | |
| 363 | Anonymous | Please make the necessary changes to prevent the needless premature deaths of these horses! At 3 years of age and 17 hands, Eight Belles was walking on bamboo for legs. Anyone with an ounce of good sense would know she would shatter a bone on that hard track. Shame on anyone who supports this! |
| 364 | Sonja Hunter | |
| 365 | Joan Falk Baylis | |
| 366 | Anonymous | For the horse's sake, I believe all of the items should be reviewed. Responsible breeding will decrease the number of unwanted or less desireable horses and drugs are not the answer if they want a true "sport"! Run the horse for his own worth, not a drugged up animal that has no say what we put into them or do to them. Thanks. |
| 367 | Dannice Idlewine | |
| 368 | Evelyn Page | |
| 369 | Aneda Williams | |
| 370 | Anonymous | |
| 371 | Anonymous | |
| 372 | Linda Wiggin | |
| 373 | Anonymous | |
| 374 | Heidi Jung | |
| 375 | Jennifer MacDowell | |
| 376 | Kathleen Squires | Eight Belles was a gorgeous horse who deserves a legacy of saving other racehorses from suffering the same fate she did. She showed tremendous heart and spirit - she deserved better than she got. |
| 377 | Michelle DeVrieze | Please help these young horses!!! They are breaking down WAY too early! |
| 378 | Danielle Wood | |
| 379 | cheryl donnelly hartshorn | |
| 380 | nan Rand | |
| 381 | Anonymous | |
| 382 | Linda Johnson | Our horses need protection! |
| 383 | Lois Silberstein | Stop turning a blind eye to the horseracing industry!
This is not a "sport." It's frequently just a hobby for the the priviledged few with far too much time and money on their hands! |
| 384 | Anonymous | |
| 385 | Nancy Mackenzie | |
| 386 | camille collins | Ensure that thoroughbreds have more time to mature and allow their bodies to strengthen, NOT race them as earlings and 2 year olds. They are still babies at that age. |
| 387 | Susan Morley | Along with many other issues of abuse involving horseracing, one of the most neglected is that these horses are just too young - somewhat akin to forcing a five year old child to do hard labour. |
| 388 | mary beyer | |
| 389 | Anonymous | The racing industry needs to push out the high stakes races to a later age so the horses bones are strong enough for the required stress during competition. Research on appropriate age and preparation is needed and changes in the industry taken based on the research to protect these wonderful animals. |
| 390 | Janine Palmer | I hope that something can be done to make racing safer for the horses that give us so much pleasure. |
| 391 | Carrie Ferlita | |
| 392 | Cath Williams | Racing horses too young before they are mature enough to handle it. |
| 393 | Debra L. Crowe | |
| 394 | Kim Garsia | Stakeholders make a lot of money from horse racing. How about re-directing some of that wealth into welfare issues to improve the lives of the horses. |
| 395 | Lisa Kidder | |
| 396 | Sandra Jorgensen | I believe beating horses with sticks must immediately be prohibited.
I believe horses should not race until they are three years old and their starts should be restricted to
at least 5 until they are four.
I believe the Triple Crown should be delayed for
12 months to give time for the horses to strengthen
I believe the feet of the racehorse are mostly
dysfunctional, badly balanced and unhealthy
and as their critical base of support, need urgent
scientific study to assess the contribution of bad
feet to lameness and catastrophic injury
I believe that track riders and jockeys need
coaches so that they understand the impact
they have on the distribution of weight and
their contribution to the overloading of musculo-skeletal structures. |
| 397 | debra benanti | Horse Owner |
| 398 | debra benanti | Horse Racing Makes me Angry! |
| 399 | Helen Carnes | |
| 400 | Anonymous | |