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Averett · 05-20-2004, 11:14 AM

This picture has a lot of meaning for me. It's Go For Wand during the 1990 Breaders Cup Distaff. She was leading the race and took a bad step, stumbled and flipped over. She then got up and stepped on her bad leg, and it just snapped in hafl. She hobbled around on the track for what seemed like forever. Finally an outrider came and caught her reigns and comforted her. She was put to sleep right there on the track.

All on national television. I was 12 when this happened and all I can remember is watching this in shock.

More pictures can be found here http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/classical0/gfw.html
but they are pretty horrible to look at

05-20-2004, 11:14 AM	#18 (permalink)
Averett Is In Love Location: I'm workin' on it	This picture has a lot of meaning for me. It's Go For Wand during the 1990 Breaders Cup Distaff. She was leading the race and took a bad step, stumbled and flipped over. She then got up and stepped on her bad leg, and it just snapped in hafl. She hobbled around on the track for what seemed like forever. Finally an outrider came and caught her reigns and comforted her. She was put to sleep right there on the track. All on national television. I was 12 when this happened and all I can remember is watching this in shock. More pictures can be found here http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/classical0/gfw.html but they are pretty horrible to look at __________________ Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.