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Originally Posted by pgardn

How about when ya crack a fresh egg open and
a little chick embryo is in there.

Thatll spoil the breakfast a bit. All those little blood
vessels.
I miss my Grandmother's house but I dont
miss witnessing the joy of a fertilized chicken egg
being scrambled... uhhh Grandma... there is a little
chicken umongnst the scrambling.

Or watching one sizzle directly on the frying pan.

Oh my God.

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Originally Posted by pgardn

i've gotten a lot of fresh eggs recently, and that hasn't happened-yet. it's why you crack them over a separate bowl, rather than over the bowl with the good eggs. duh

I thought the problem revolved more around horses who have a genetic predisposition to physical problems being bred to other others who share that same trait.

I think that the industry needs a nice balance between sprint, middle-distance, and long distance races. I enjoy all types of races featuring all types of horses.

I could be way off base here, but maybe the industry needs to stop so much inbreeding.

I don't know....I am not an expert.....just a novice.

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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

I agree with this and have suggested it elsewhere. Maybe not necessarily across the board, but wouldn't the elimination of graded designations for at least juvenile races preclude certain "stallion producing" stables and farms from securing breeding rights to top 2yos with the intention of early retirement?

I think purse restrictions on the top 2yo races would also discourage those sorts of moves, though it might not be particularly fair in the short term for owners trying to make money by actually racing their horses.

When graded started, there were no G1 races raced at 6f or 7f except a couple for 2yos. The only G1 race at 8f was the Met Mile and the only G1 race at 1 1/16 was the Californian (again for 3 and up). Including turf races. The Monmouth H (Iselin), Gulfstream Park H, Widener H and Woodward H were all G1 10f tests for the East Coast handicap horses, with the championship race at the end of the season the Jockey Club Gold Cup at 2 miles. And the 10f Trenton H and Meadowlands Cup gave G2 prep races and prizes for second level stayers. Horses who could stay less than 10f had limited chances to garner a G1 win after their 3yo spring.

The grading system has been warped and distorted by the committee that has set up the absurd 'objective' criteria that end up making G1s of sprints that tracks throw a lot of money into.