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Blog Response, May 9, 08

Dear Ms. Mickle, thank you for your commentary on Mid-Florida Public Radio on the death of Eight Belles.  I work with thoroughbreds, preparing them for a career in racing. Whenever I send off the young horses I have worked with, knowing them since they were foaled, I so worry for their safety.  Yet, like you, I both love and hate horse racing. And yes, the industry needs to address making it safer--for one, stop drug use, and for sure, stop scraping track surfaces to try to break speed records--that's insane!