"They are only doing what is right for the animals that are beaten, abused and used and cannot speak for themselves."

WHEN did ANYONE say that Eight Belles was beaten or abused? Hmm ... no one did, making that statement completely irrelevant to this conversation. I think PETA is completely out of line. Horse racing has been a tradition for many centuries. A bunch of animal worshippers are NOT going to put an end to this wonderful sport. Animals die. End of discussion. If a horse in the wild was running and broke its ankles, we simply would call it nature, but if the horse was in a race, PETA jumps on its case. Yet another discrepancy in society.