I used to bartend at Musselburgh Racecourse - best part of every shift was nicking one of the programmes to see the names of the horses running in every race, because they were all this wild. My personal favourite was a horse just named 'Economic Crisis.'
Some of the most compelling evidence yet for history repeating itself: the bittersweet tragedy of the Athenian messenger from the battle of Marathon finishing his amazing sprint and then dying in the ultimate expression of patriotic love, reenacted by a horse named Homeboy Chris.
race horses all have ridiculous/amazing names because every single name has to be ENTIRELY unique. it's like picking a username when you sign up for a website except the website has existed and had new users signing up constantly for over a hundred years.
My favorite was when an owner tried to register his horse as "Potatoes" but the clerk either misunderstood or was a smartass and registered the horse as "Potoooooooo" (Pot-eight-Os).
i love how Griffin's idea of how triple crowns should go is to just have one horse win the first one and then every other horse drop out of the remaining two so that the winner of the first race is the only one running, since after that literally no other horse has the ability to win all three
Well, you do have to remember that most breaks in a horses legs are shatters, and that means they can't use that leg at all anymore. They way they're built, even having one leg gone means that they can no longer walk, which means they can't eat without help, can't drink without help, can't run away in an emergency. Basically imagine being paralized from the waist down, and wheelchairs/moving beds don't work in any practical way for you
i feel like when you're at the point where your animals are so delicate that it's just a fact of life that several of them will spontaneously drop dead during the course of your competition, maybe you should just stop huh?
not a mercy killing when they basically force the horse to break their legs anyway. thats like saying that killing a dog who lost a dog fight is merciful when its your fault it got hurt in the first place.
yeah fyi when a horse breaks its leg it cant really exist. Unlike some other quadruped animals like dogs they cant walk with only 3 legs so its a guaranteed death sentence in the wild. For non wild ones its still rough cus you cant tell a horse to just lay down and stay still. Their going to try walking and thats gonna make it worse which puts the horse in more pain so then it becomes dangerous to itself (even more) and others. It fucking sucks :/
it's not just that it's hard to get them to stay still, unfortunately; uneven weight distribution can lead to laminitis, a condition affecting the inner tissues of the hooves, in the uninjured legs, and that can leave them unable to walk at all. that's what happened with barbaro - the broken leg was healing fine, and the other three steadily deteriorated to the point that there was nothing else to do. poor pramedya; at least heart attacks in horses are fast.
What about prosthetics? Hypothetically, could you amputate a horse’s broken leg and give it a prosthetic leg and have it survive and live a quality life? I know a dog that has three legs, but has a fake leg that helps him balance and walk pretty normally-ish. Could that be done for a horse?
horses legs are like human fingers and its fucking ridiculous. thats why they have to put them down. try bending your finger after its been broken, it never moves the same way again. its horrible
maybe they should stop forcing them into races where they frequently break their legs then. its like shooting your kid bc he broke his finger after you made him punch a brick wall to win a bet.
I used to bartend at Musselburgh Racecourse - best part of every shift was nicking one of the programmes to see the names of the horses running in every race, because they were all this wild. My personal favourite was a horse just named 'Economic Crisis.'
Some of the most compelling evidence yet for history repeating itself: the bittersweet tragedy of the Athenian messenger from the battle of Marathon finishing his amazing sprint and then dying in the ultimate expression of patriotic love, reenacted by a horse named Homeboy Chris.
Thank you.
race horses all have ridiculous/amazing names because every single name has to be ENTIRELY unique. it's like picking a username when you sign up for a website except the website has existed and had new users signing up constantly for over a hundred years.
So any MMO as old as the World of Warcraft?
So why don't they start giving them full three part human style names? I'd be so down
My favorite was when an owner tried to register his horse as "Potatoes" but the clerk either misunderstood or was a smartass and registered the horse as "Potoooooooo" (Pot-eight-Os).
@@k.a.u.4599 What do you think Home Boy Kris is?
Have you ever heard of potoooooooo? The owner wanted to name him potatoes, but an illiterate stable hand misheard him and named him pot eight o’s
Pour one out for Homeboykris
homeboykris will trot on in horse heaven
**Plays “5,000 Candles in the Wind but for HomeboyKris**
i love how Griffin's idea of how triple crowns should go is to just have one horse win the first one and then every other horse drop out of the remaining two so that the winner of the first race is the only one running, since after that literally no other horse has the ability to win all three
I did not expect such tragedy during Pony Time.
11:34 honestly this is the maddest I've ever heard Griffin get where it feels kind of serious
Operatic Egg he’s spitting facts though
Well, you do have to remember that most breaks in a horses legs are shatters, and that means they can't use that leg at all anymore. They way they're built, even having one leg gone means that they can no longer walk, which means they can't eat without help, can't drink without help, can't run away in an emergency. Basically imagine being paralized from the waist down, and wheelchairs/moving beds don't work in any practical way for you
Kinda seems like maybe they should stop racing animals that have fragile glass bones for legs then, huh?
Horses were just a sick joke made by God huh
Love em
i feel like when you're at the point where your animals are so delicate that it's just a fact of life that several of them will spontaneously drop dead during the course of your competition, maybe you should just stop huh?
rip homeboy chris
Homeboykris*
f in the chat for homeboykris
I love how fucking hype you get about the kenfucky derby
11:34 I LOVE the delivery so much
homeboy chris deserved better
my new favorite way to describe a couch is "significant"
this has to be my favorite bit of all time
Really upset that I had to look up the legitimacy of this bit. The saddest thing? I live in Kentucky and my parents went to this Derby.
The Kenducky Derby is where you race ducks.
F in the chat for homeboy chris.......
pour one out for homeboy chris
Homeboykris*
they don't kill the horses because they're useless w/o their legs. its a mercy killing because horses with broken legs die horrible slow deaths
SurrealKeenan sometimes horses can survive the surgery to fix their legs, albeit it’s a 50/50 deal
Hmmmm ... slow painful death with a chance of painful recovery or the sweet release of death? Sucks to be a horse.
let's give horses robot legs
@@gwen6622 griffin we know that's you
not a mercy killing when they basically force the horse to break their legs anyway. thats like saying that killing a dog who lost a dog fight is merciful when its your fault it got hurt in the first place.
yeah fyi when a horse breaks its leg it cant really exist. Unlike some other quadruped animals like dogs they cant walk with only 3 legs so its a guaranteed death sentence in the wild. For non wild ones its still rough cus you cant tell a horse to just lay down and stay still. Their going to try walking and thats gonna make it worse which puts the horse in more pain so then it becomes dangerous to itself (even more) and others. It fucking sucks :/
and also if it stays laying down its organs just collapse
D8
it's not just that it's hard to get them to stay still, unfortunately; uneven weight distribution can lead to laminitis, a condition affecting the inner tissues of the hooves, in the uninjured legs, and that can leave them unable to walk at all. that's what happened with barbaro - the broken leg was healing fine, and the other three steadily deteriorated to the point that there was nothing else to do. poor pramedya; at least heart attacks in horses are fast.
this is both the most informative & most depressing mbmbam comment section i've seen
What about prosthetics? Hypothetically, could you amputate a horse’s broken leg and give it a prosthetic leg and have it survive and live a quality life? I know a dog that has three legs, but has a fake leg that helps him balance and walk pretty normally-ish. Could that be done for a horse?
I always mix up this clip and the one where the riff on Ginuwine’s hit song pony
I miss you Homeboykris
I guess my "cause" is woven bracelets now.
PONY TIME PONY TIME PONY TIME YAaaayyayayyyaaaaaaayyyy
i have class in like 5 minutes and i am sobbing from laughter
Griffins voice at 4:55.
Pour one out for Homeboy Chris
Everytime i click on this i thought it was the bit on the song pony
well now this one made me sad :(
Byeeee byeeeee lil’ homeboykris
Griffin, you dolt. Churchill Downs isn't the name of a race, it's the name of the track where the Derby is held.
Why was this in pop music?
don't worry about it
horses legs are like human fingers and its fucking ridiculous. thats why they have to put them down. try bending your finger after its been broken, it never moves the same way again. its horrible
Lol
maybe they should stop forcing them into races where they frequently break their legs then. its like shooting your kid bc he broke his finger after you made him punch a brick wall to win a bet.
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