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Cajungator26 09-17-2007 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by stonegossard
Are you saying that a horse's death is more tragic than a person's death?

You clearly cant be this insane.
You clearly can't read. Please don't put words in my mouth.

stonegossard 09-17-2007 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Cajungator26
You clearly can't read. Please don't put words in my mouth.

Ok Miss Manson.

CoronadosQuest 09-17-2007 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Swap Fliparoo
He earned black type at 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7... very unusual these days. $933,000... almost a millionaire.
Just to correct this for you, Super Frolic earned $1.4 million dollars on the racetrack. He surely was a solid performer thats for sure, though his best year was in 2005 when he won the Hawthorne Gold Cup and was 4th in the 2005 BC Classic.

42 Starts: 11 - 5 - 7, $1,456,334

sumitas 09-17-2007 09:46 PM
He truly earned a career at stud, somewhere. He honestly had done enough. He was a well known horse in the game and deserved much better.

RolloTomasi 09-17-2007 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
but don't dare start a thread saying that you liked a horse and felt he was good for the sport.
Actual, in total, Super Frolic's story is not particularly good for the sport. Here's an overachieving but ultimately outclassed stakes horse who earned $1 million and was retired to stud. But because there was not enough initial interest("...we felt the numbers still wouldn’t give him his best chance to succeed as a sire”), he was put back in training. Then he fatally broke down after just 3 races while running at 2nd and 3rd tier tracks.

largo1 09-17-2007 10:00 PM
f you did ask them, what kind of a response do you think you would get?
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Uh, DOH! I would venture to say that 99% of all horses would chose grazing in a pasture over being in training at the racetrack. Was this a serious question or do you *really* not know a damn thing about horses?

And to cmorioles, you do that. I hope you have a lot of pasture. No, this is not the PETA board. It's a board for the sport of horseracing, which includes those who just love horses and those who just love gambling. It's kind of like a "checks and balances" system. If either side gets all the power, horseracing is dead. And oh yeah, some of us love horses and gambling. It can be done. Have a little compassion.

Suzanne

Hickory Hill Hoff 09-17-2007 10:01 PM
Let's cut MMSC some slack...she is genuine with her feelings when it comes to the thoroughbred horse.
A lot more people should be too.....



just my opinion.....

largo1 09-17-2007 10:10 PM
It was obviously a very serious question. Very.


Lol, now I *know* you are FOS!!!

Suzanne

sumitas 09-17-2007 10:11 PM
It took you this long ? :D

FGFan 09-17-2007 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by largo1
No, this is not the PETA board. It's a board for the sport of horseracing, which includes those who just love horses and those who just love gambling. It's kind of like a "checks and balances" system. If either side gets all the power, horseracing is dead. And oh yeah, some of us love horses and gambling. It can be done. Have a little compassion.

Suzanne
I would definitely fall into that category.

People can care about horses and still love gambling on them. We just look at it differently. Takes alot of different people to make up this world.

But I still don't understand jumping someone for saying they cared about a horse.
I cared about what happened to Super Frolic and many other forums were looking for news. So he had a lot of fans out there in horseracing land.

If people don't like the post dont read it, it's not like there weren't many other posts being made today not regarding Super Frolic.

The animosity still baffles me. Doesn't matter if she is "new" to the game. I'm not new, my daddy brought me to the track before I could speak. I still care what happens to them.

sumitas 09-17-2007 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
Go have another drink
Cheers , to your health...:)

largo1 09-17-2007 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by sumitas
It took you this long ? :D
I are slow.

largo1 09-17-2007 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
Go have another drink
Generally speaking, if I'm posting here I *am* having another drink. But I guess I can have ONE MORE.

Suzanne

_ed_ 09-17-2007 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Cajungator26
As a lover of horses, catastrophic breakdowns will always bring tears to my eyes. I understand how some of you might feel about that because some of us are horse players and some of us are horse lovers. I think it was blackthroatedwind who told me that I wasn't a real bettor, and he's right. I don't suppose I ever will be, but I do think there's a place in horseracing for both kinds of people. I'm not going to look down upon those who don't feel the same way about it as I do, but understand that there are those like me (and MMSC) that feel an emotional attachment to these animals because they died doing something that WE made them do. I love this sport and won't ever stop watching it, but I still feel like we owe some kind of respect for the animals that make HORSEracing what it's all about.
Great post. :) I'm in this bracket too...in fact I don't bet at all.

Very sorry to hear about Super Frolic. :(

Danzig 09-17-2007 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by largo1
Generally speaking, if I'm posting here I *am* having another drink. But I guess I can have ONE MORE.

Suzanne
well, if you're imbibing--a toast to suzanne, new farm owner! i'm having wine, cheers!!

Coach Pants 09-17-2007 10:31 PM
I get e-mail alerts for every horse that dies in the world.

This is how I feel everyday...

Coach Pants 09-17-2007 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by largo1
Generally speaking, if I'm posting here I *am* having another drink. But I guess I can have ONE MORE.

Suzanne
Do you type your name in case you forget it and need to go back to previous posts for reference?


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