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Originally Posted by Kilgore Trout
Dude, are you serious, or just pulling my leg.
I'm not much on horse racing. My favorite racing is IMSA, but I got dragged to the horse track in Delaware once, and there were a bunch of people, mostly women wearing some sort of matching color blue and green outfits, and I think it was of that horse Barbaro. They seemed a bit odd, and my friends who are track regulars said they were a tad loony and they annoyed the track regulars
You named your car after a dead horse? (I guess that's OK since it's a Mopar  ) |
To each his own. Actually, BARBARO was already taken in MN, so I got BARBRRO. Why does Hollywood spend millions making movies about dead horses such as Sea Biscuit, Ruffian, and Secretariat? Just maybe because millions of Americans find inspiration in them.
The Fans of Barbaro, a contingent of which you are so eager to disparage, has raised several million for equine/general animal rescue/welfare, and veterinary medical research. Maybe that doesn't mean much to a non-animal lover
And the storied Churchill Downs obviously regards Barbaro and his legacy as something very, very special, as his remains are buried under a larger-than-life statue at the main entrance.
My original plan was to christen a new Camaro as Barbaro, but that plan is on hold....for now. To really do a horse justice that was undefeated in all 6 pre-Preakness races, and won by an average of 4.5 lengths, Barbaro's name should really be on something more like a Ferrari Enzo.
Obviously you don't get it. Thats ok, but that being said, please don't try and piss on those that do, Dude.