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

Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:26 pm
Posted by navy
Parts Unknown, LA
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:26 pm


I honestly don't know.

Do the owners sometimes get a gigantic coffin and bury the horse?

Taxidermy?

Fertilizer plant?

Simply dig a pit and drop them in?


What happens to "famous" horses when they die?
Posted by The Ostrich
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:27 pm to
Taco Bell
Posted by navy
Parts Unknown, LA
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:27 pm to
Perhaps this is the case:


quote:

(usually only the head, heart, and hooves of a winning race horse are buried, and the rest of the body is cremated)
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:28 pm to
Jazz funeral
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:29 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)


Sounds real old school
Posted by TN Bhoy
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:29 pm to
Stewed
Posted by oleyeller
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:29 pm to
glue
Posted by offshoretrash
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:30 pm to
First you make a roux....
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Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:31 pm to
What do they do with when it's done racing?

Does it get treated better than the other horses?
Posted by Jcorye1
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:34 pm to
quote:

What do they do with when it's done racing?



Sex.
Posted by hg
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:37 pm to
They send it out to pasture
Posted by Goldrush25
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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
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:42 pm to
They change his name to Elmers
Posted by SPEEDY
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 2:54 pm to
Posted by Walt OReilly
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 3:02 pm to
Cremated I imagine
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 3:07 pm to
I've heard that a tradition is that they they bury a horse upside down. Something to do with John Wayne. At least, that is what some girl I used to know that owned a horse told me.
Posted by vengeanceofrain
depends
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 3:26 pm to
depend. 90% of the time they bury the head, heart and hoof. on rare occasions, i.e a triple crown winner or something they will bury the horse whole
Posted by OneFifty
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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.
Posted by vodkacop
Louisiana
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Posted on 6/9/15 at 5:26 pm to
Steaks. Expensive steaks.
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