Started By
Message

re: Horse Racing question: what happens to a "famous" horse when it dies?

Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:38 pm to
Posted by Goldrush25
San Diego, CA
Member since Oct 2012
33794 posts
Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:38 pm to
quote:

usually only the head, heart, and hooves of a winning race horse are buried, and the rest of the body is cremated)


That's usually what's done. Interesting fact, Secretariat was buried whole as a special honor.
Posted by stlslick
St.Louis,Mo
Member since Nov 2012
14068 posts
Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:42 pm to
They change his name to Elmers
Posted by OneFifty
No favorite team now
Member since Aug 2012
3872 posts
Posted on 6/9/15 at 3:44 pm to
quote:

usually only the head, heart, and hooves of a winning race horse are buried, and the rest of the body is cremated) That's usually what's done. Interesting fact, Secretariat was buried whole as a special honor.

A classmate of mine had cardiomegaly. Oddly, he couldn't run very well. His sister had kind of a horse face though.
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 1Next pagelast page
refresh

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitterInstagram