Comments on: Eating solo 5: Melbourne Cup Day, 2005 http://www.thefoodpornographer.com/2005/11/02/melbourne-cup-day-2005/ Food at its porniest Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:34:57 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David http://www.thefoodpornographer.com/2005/11/02/melbourne-cup-day-2005/#comment-11967 David Fri, 04 Nov 2005 17:00:38 +0000 http://www.thefoodpornographer.com/?p=120#comment-11967 I lived in Victoria but was in Gippsland both years so I missed the Melbourne cup. Sad I guess I lived in Victoria but was in Gippsland both years so I missed the Melbourne cup. Sad I guess

]]> By: You're Kidding Me http://www.thefoodpornographer.com/2005/11/02/melbourne-cup-day-2005/#comment-11966 You're Kidding Me Wed, 02 Nov 2005 05:10:53 +0000 http://www.thefoodpornographer.com/?p=120#comment-11966 You're kidding me, right? Do spare a thought for the poor horses - for every one race horse you see, three get euthanised because they just didn't make it. When the horses retire, they almost-immediately become unwanted and often-times are sold to overseas butchers as gourmet meat (especially to Japan and France - where horse is a delicacy). I am glad you won on M. Diva. But the poor horse has a stomache-ful of ulcers, an assortment of joint and muscle problems and probably will be in pain for the rest of her life. All so that you could win that $18 lousy bucks. You’re kidding me, right? Do spare a thought for the poor horses – for every one race horse you see, three get euthanised because they just didn’t make it. When the horses retire, they almost-immediately become unwanted and often-times are sold to overseas butchers as gourmet meat (especially to Japan and France – where horse is a delicacy).

I am glad you won on M. Diva. But the poor horse has a stomache-ful of ulcers, an assortment of joint and muscle problems and probably will be in pain for the rest of her life.

All so that you could win that $18 lousy bucks.

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