Please Be Quick was killed by an automobile even before the four-year-old horse got to Belmont Park

Yep, a van actually killed a horse contender much to the dismay of horse bettors at Belmont Park.

In a bizarre freak accident, four-year-old New York-bred gelding, Please Be Quick, was euthanized at Belmont Park after getting his hind legs severely injured while it dangled through the floor of the van.

Ouch. Please Be Quick was apparently being transported from a training center to Belmont Park. After they let the horse's legs dangle through the floor of a van in the middle of a major New York highway, they might as well transport him to hell.

Jeez... How stupid can these guys get? Now THAT is not the way to die. Even for a horse.

Motorists on the Cross Bronx Expressway noticed the horse's legs dangling through the floor of the van and notified the driver to stop. The van was owned by Ebert Vans Inc. of Elmont, N.Y.

Please Be Quick had one win in nine starts before those guys' stupidity ultimately killed him.

And get this, they had other horses inside the goddamn van. Four of them actually. But thankfully, he was the only one injured. Please Be Quick was one of three horses trained by Linda Rice while the remaining horse was trained by Bruce Levine.

''Obviously, it's horrible,'' Linda Rice said. ''The horse had raced well on the grass last fall and we were just bringing him in to resume training to point for grass races in April and May. We're all just devastated by this. As far as what took place, they're sorting that out.''

So much for Please Be Quick winning the 133rd Kentucky Derby eh? Who will win the 2007 Kentucky Derby on May 5? Bodog has the odds:

Nobiz Like Shobiz 7/1

Ravel 8/1

Any Given Saturday 12/1

Street Sense 10/1

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