I couldn't believe what I was hearing on Fox News - it was just too >bizarre.
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> The horse that came in 2nd in the Kentucky Derby Saturday collapsed with
> two broken front ankles immediately after the race, and they had to put > her down
>formatting link. > Very tragic indeed - I'm not making light of what happened to the poor > horse, but . . .
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> They added at the end of the report that Hillary had made a big deal about
> backing this horse because she was the only filly in the race.
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> From
>formatting link> (written Thursday, i.e., two days before the race):> "Sen. Clinton repeated her desire for the filly to be victorious ? saying > to a crowd in Jeffersonville, Indiana saying she was sending in her > daughter to place her bets. 'I hope that everybody will go to the derby on > Saturday and place just a little money on the filly for me. I wont be able > to be there this year ? my daughter is going to be there and so she has > strict instructions to bet on Eight Bells.'>
> This is almost metaphysical.
>
> Bill Putney
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The other half of the scenario at Churchill Downs was that the winner was "Big Brown".