{"id":12091,"date":"2022-05-09T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=12091"},"modified":"2022-06-10T09:42:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:42:32","slug":"bad-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2022\/05\/09\/bad-pony\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Pony!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/why-did-kentucky-derby-winner-185935014.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Yahoo! News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why did Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike bite lead pony, outrider? An expert weighs in<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>by Aaron Mudd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vCWMrBkS8hM\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike went viral Saturday, and not just for his 80-1, long shot victory that upset field favorites like Epicenter (4-1), Taiba (5-1) and Zandon (6-1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the moments after he crossed the finish line, as spectators in the stands erupted into a roar, video and images showed outriders on the track struggling to get Rich Strike under control as he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/generosooooo\/status\/1523125372060983296\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">repeatedly bit&nbsp;<\/a>the lead pony and its rider Greg Blasi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/sports\/horses\/kentucky-derby\/article261216567.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rich Strike seen champing at lead pony after surprising Kentucky Derby Win<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At one point, video taken from the perspective of a spectator up in the stands appeared to show Blasi punching Rich Strike, while<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jigjag00\/status\/1523390809399500800?s=21&amp;t=QhFz8zb4DQ_KGdUd6pco8g\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;another image&nbsp;<\/a>taken by photographer Heather C. Jackson showed the Derby winner tearing into Blasi\u2019s right leg with his teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Observers on social media were quick to defend and criticize Blasi, including animal welfare group PETA, which issued a statement condemning the Churchill Downs outrider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Reed, Rich Strike\u2019s trainer, defended Blasi in a Today Show appearance Monday, stating \u201cthat man saved my horse from injury.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/why-did-kentucky-derby-winner-185935014.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Yahoo! News<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Yahoo! News Why did Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike bite lead pony, outrider? An expert weighs in by Aaron Mudd Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike went viral Saturday, and not just for his 80-1, long shot victory that upset field favorites like Epicenter (4-1), Taiba (5-1) and Zandon (6-1). In the moments after he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weirdness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}