http://clipmarks.com/clipper/MorganLvr/date/2008/5/9/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/MorganLvr/date/2008/5/9/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/1F77496B-D286-42D3-A444-93FB11591A7A/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/MorganLvr/">MorganLvr</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> What can be done to prevent catastrophic breakdowns? <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=11807" title="http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=11807">www.thehorse.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2><SPAN id="lblArticleHeadline">Eight Belles' Injury Raises Questions About Racing Industry</SPAN> </H2> <SPAN class="byline" id="lblAuthor">by: The Associated Press</SPAN> <BR /> <SPAN class="datePosted" id="lblOnlineDate">May 05 2008, </SPAN> <SPAN id="lblArticleID">Article # 11807</SPAN> <DIV class="articleTools"> <SPAN class="articleToolsItems"> <A href="http://www.thehorse.com/PrintArticle.aspx?ID=11807" title="Print Article" id="Articletools2_PrintArticleHL" linkindex="51" set="yes"><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" alt="Print Article" src="http://www.thehorse.com/images/print_17x14.gif" class="articleToolsItems" id="Articletools2_PrintArticlemage" />Print</A></SPAN> <SPAN class="articleToolsItems"> <A href="http://www.thehorse.com/SendArticle.aspx?ID=11807" title="Email Article" id="Articletools2_SendArticleHL" linkindex="52" set="yes"><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" alt="Email Article" src="http://www.thehorse.com/images/email_18x14.gif" class="articleToolsItems" id="Articletools2_SendArticleImage" />Email</A></SPAN> <SPAN class="articleToolsItems"> <A href="http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=1577#reprints" title="Republish Article" id="Articletools2_ReprintArticleHL" linkindex="53"><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" alt="Republish Article" src="http://www.thehorse.com/images/reprints2.gif" class="articleToolsItems" id="Articletools2_ReprintArticleImage" />Republish</A></SPAN> <SPAN class="articleToolsItems"> <A href="http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=1577#sharing" title="Link to Article" id="Articletools2_LinkArticleHL" linkindex="54"><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" alt="Link to Article" src="http://www.thehorse.com/images/chain_link.gif" class="articleToolsItems" id="Articletools2_LinkImage" />Link</A></SPAN> <SPAN class="articleToolsItems"> <A href="http://www.thehorse.com/RSS/" title="RSS Feed" id="Articletools2_RSSFeedHL" linkindex="55"><IMG border="0" align="absmiddle" alt="RSS Feed" src="http://www.thehorse.com/images/feed-icon16x16.png" class="articleToolsItems" id="Articletools2_RSSFeedImage" />RSS </A></SPAN> <SPAN class="articleToolsItems"> <A class="snap_noshots" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=12&winname=addthis&pub=dkg362&s=&url=http:%2F%2Fwww.thehorse.com%2FViewArticle.aspx?ID=11807&title=The%20Horse:%20Eight%20Belles\'%20Injury%20Raises%20Questions%20About%20Racing%20Industry" linkindex="56"><IMG width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="" src="http://s7.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" /></A> </SPAN> </DIV> <DIV> <P>A day after Big Brown blazed across the finish line, the snapshot of Eight Belles down on the dirt set off a raging debate that extended far beyond the Kentucky Derby: Is horse racing now facing an image crisis? </P><P>With the memory of Barbaro still fresh, Eight Belles' catastrophic injury Saturday put increasing focus on a sport already trying to overcome a decline in popularity. </P><P>Her death has raised thorny issues about the whole Thoroughbred industry, including track safety, whether fillies should be allowed to run against colts, and whether horses are bred too much for speed and not for soundness.</P></DIV></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/horses/" rel="tag">horses</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/breakdown/" rel="tag">breakdown</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/horse+racing/" rel="tag">horse racing</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/kentucky+derby/" rel="tag">kentucky derby</a></div>http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=11807Fri, 09 May 2008 15:42:39 GMT