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Horse racing: Is it humane?

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Better late than never, I guess, to comment on the fiasco at the end of last Saturday's Kentucky Derby. Some have said, more or less, that fallen filly Eight Belles was abused and whipped or on steroids. I've wondered how hard those whips used by jockeys are felt -- and if the horses really, as some claimed post-race, get "up" for the crowd...

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