Nice story on how retired racehorses are finding a second career as tools to help teach prison inmates things like empathy on the way to a job outside prison in the equine industry.

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What Would You Name Your Thoroughbred?

In light of the running of the Kentucky Derby today, I want to ask: if you bought a thoroughbred, what would you name it? I'd name my thoroughbred `Horsee.' No, really, I'd name my horse `Widow's Kiss.' Note: I just heard as they were introducing the thoroughbreds on television  …

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"I've always wanted to have (an exhibit) that traces the history of the thoroughbred in Kentucky," he said. "How did we get to be the thoroughbred capital instead of Nashville or New Orleans or New York? To a large extent, Lexington determined that we did."

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Beyond Barbaro

Barbaro, a horse, is dead. I'm sorry if you feel sad about this but I'm more concerned about people - you know, my fellow human beings.

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This article tells the story of how we created these animals whom we force to race for our pleasure. ---------- Few scenes in sports could ever be more poignant than the image of the racehorse Barbaro holding his hind leg awkwardly in the air as the people on whom his life now  …

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