I love the Kentucky Derby!...one of the few times I ever got really mad on this list was when a lister came on complaining about all the talk about Barbaro...I wanted to e-mail that person to tell her to get a life!...folks were expressing their sadness and compassion for a truly magnificent race horse, much like a few are doing today. As humans we do things for entertainment or money or sport to the disadvantage of other animals....I'm not making a moral judgment one way or the other, just stating the facts...as a matter of fact one day I plan to own a race horse, a few years ago I came close,but my wife said that I could not have a race horse and show dogs ( yeah like my show dogs ever do anything...lol) Big Brown is the real deal....to come off the starting post at position 20 and make up that much ground and win going away....we may have the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years! I'm juiced!...one last thing....did you know that 7 or 8 (including the first) of the first 10 Kentucky Derbys were won by black jockeys?...not important but interesting.....now most black men run for president or play basketball or teach 4th grade...lol...FB ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================