When Serena Williams was named Sportswoman of the Year, I stated a large part of the reason probably was the fact that people understand horse racing is not a proper sport, in the sense of the barbarism to the animals involved.
We got little but proof of that today on Preakness Saturday at Pimlico Race Course.
Everyone will remember that Exaggerator ended the Triple Crown hopes of his rival Nyquist in a hopelessly-muddy track.
What horse-racing fans will want you to forget, though, is the fates of Homeboykris and Pramedya.
Ten years after Barbaro had to be put down due to a leg injury from breaking through the gate at Pimlico, two more horses have died on Preakness Saturday. Homeboykris won the first race, and suffered the equine equivalent of a heart attack in the post-race walk.
Pramedya was in the fourth race, fatally injured on a broken leg in the fourth race.
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