Video player not working?0:000:000:00SettingsQualityAutoAudioSpeed1×CaptionsOffFirst Openly Gay HorseDula TVFunny videos since 2008Thumbs up0Thumbs down0 Share3.4K views Oct 2008An Onion News report examines the controversy surrounding the first openly gay racehorse. Show transcript0:12And spectators at the Breeders' Cup World Championships this weekend will see the first ever openly gay horse to run in a major stakes race.0:20Jean Ann Wharton takes us beyond the facts.0:29Here at Sa- Here at Santa Anita Park, many betters are counting on two-time Beaumont winner Fantastic Feet to take the Breeders' Cup, but it's newcomer ship's captain that has everyone talking.0:40I see him at the head of the field, and I think there's no way that horse is gay.0:46Mm-hmm.0:47But he is.0:48Trainer Gene Harris acknowledged the horse's sexual orientation in last week's Time Magazine.0:54He can no more change the fact that he's gay than he can that he has 4 hooves.1:00There have been rumors of gay horses competing since the early days of thoroughbred racing.1:05Flat Tire, Whirlybird, and Nor'easter were widely suspected to be homosexual.1:10While the book Out in the Pasture revealed former Preakness champ Silver Dollar struggled to remain in the closet, going so far as breeding with mares to protect his secret.1:21What were your biggest concerns about Ship's Captain coming out?1:25The other horses. I was worried how they'd react.1:28Mm-hmm.1:29When they refused to ride in the same trailer as him, they buck and snort when we walked in the stable.1:34Gaining the acceptance of other trainers and horses is only part of the battle.1:39While many racing fans are commending Ship's Captain for his bravery, others aren't ready to accept the idea of a gay racehorse.1:47It's getting a bad name on racing.1:48No, I don't think there should be anything like that. I think everything should be natural.1:52It ain't right.1:53I'm worried about all the other horses that are with them, that they're, you know, they have to eat together, and they might get horse AIDS or something like that.1:59There's an astonishing amount of ignorance out there. I'll be in a stable with ship's captain, and I'll hear a jockey say, that's so gay.2:07Mm.2:08And I think, I hope he can't understand human language.2:11Despite the horse's high profile, Harris says Ship's Captain's priority is to race, not make a political statement.2:18Ship's Captain is here because he's fast, not because he's gay.2:22There are other gay horses. You know, people go out to a petting farm, there's gay ponies out there that they're petting.2:27There's gay plow horses.2:29Mm-hmm.2:29This is a part of the world.2:32The latest odds on Ship's Captain winning the Breeders' Cup are 16 to 1, but don't count him out just yet.2:39He's already overcome much greater odds just by being himself.2:44From Beyond the Facts, I'm Jean Ann Wharton.2:47Thanks, Jean Ann. We'll all be watching to see how that gay horse fares.
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