Bobby Frankel Very Ill
 

Bobby Frankel is very sick. He's battling lymphoma.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/105253.html

Hope things get better for him. I had an encounter with him on a car rental bus after the BC in 2002. He was heading back to CA - he was grinning ear to ear talking about Starine win...he was :cool:

Get well Bobby!

I heard he's been dispersing alot of his horses. He's keeping all the Judmonte horses but he's been dispersing some of the others.

Where are you getting this info that he is battling Lymphoma?The article makes no such statement.It states"an undisclosed illness".

It is common knowledge on the backside here at Hollywood Park that he has lymphoma.

I dont think it is a new revelation, he has been sick for the better part of a year I thought?

I thought he did'nt look well the last time I saw him being interviewed :(

Sorry to hear.

Sorry to hear that. Get well soon, Bobby!

I saw him at Keeneland and he looked good.If he has the same type of lymphoma I had{Hodgkins}He should be okay.Chemo isn't as bad as it used to be,and there is a 97% success rate of full recovery.

Here's an idea " Rupert ".......why don't you give your real name on this forum so that you can be held accountable for going to internet message boards and reporting " common racetrack rumors " about people's personal health....." rumors " that the person involved clearly didn't want reported in the DRF.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

AT LEAST THAT IS VERY GOOD NEWS

You have a point but I didn't think it was a big deal since everyone on the backside already knows about it. I figured I would give the members of this board the same information that everyone on the backside has.

It was reported in the DRF that he is sick. Would it be so much better for everyone hear to be guessing what illness he might have?

Is that up to you to decide?

You and Andy make a good point. I probably should have just provided the link to the article and not commented on the specific illness.

Just change your moniker to your real name.

If the guy has cancer he and his family are entitled to a bit of privacy even if he is a public figure. Hopefully he gets well from whatever is ailing him. He is a terrific trainer, a HOF trainer the sport is certainly better off with a sound Frankel.

Maybe the guy who claimed he had a source in the Frankel barn would have filled us in. Some folks on this forum jump to all sorts of conclusions regarding the health of racing personalities. Jess Jackson looked thin after the Preakness, and some here were ready to start digging his grave.

Let me start by wishing Frankel the best. I'm certainly a fan of his.

However, and certainly not unfortunately, we live in an era were information is much more easily disseminated than ever before. So, if Frankel and his family want to keep his condition a secret, they would need to go out of their way to let as few know as possible. Probably a good idea to limit this to family members. Quite of few public figures have 'figured' this out, though not exactly in a timely manner.:rolleyes:

If it's around the backstretch, then why would anyone take offense if it reaches the web? And requiring that one needs to first reveal his/her identity before disseminating something that, apparently in this case, quite a few already know really goes against all those 'anonymous sources' that are the staple of many of our news (sports, entertainment, etc.) stories.

Yes, the entirety of the Internet is but a mere tributary of the Hollywood Park barn area.

What I think most people took offense to was the self-serving manner in which this thread was started, setting up a "straw man" (ie the DRF article) easily knocked down with the juicy insider info.

Its like if I started a thread with a link to an article about the Michael Jackson autopsy coming back without a cause of death, but prefacing it with, "Died of food poisoning. Ate ten year old weiner."

On another internet message board ,a poster posted that an" LA radio program announced on the air Frankel was sick with lymphoma.
So, it seems this information is not as hush-hush as posters here would like to think

Who even implied it was " hush hush " or anything of the kind? People, at least these days, seem to read what they want to hear.

Just because we now live in a society where people seem to enjoy spreading rumors, some true and many false, in an anonymous venue like the internet, doesn't mean it is appropriate behavior. And, Rupert works in the industry, and I don't think it's unfair to ask him whether or not he would post this kind of rumor if his real name was attached to it. This is certainly a question I ask myself here on a regular basis.

I don't know Bobby Frankel, in fact I've never spoken with him, but I respect his right to privacy as I would respect anyone's. Just because many others don't doesn't make my position wrong.

1) Maybe we are moving toward HIPPA training for everyone. Health care workers have had to examine this with humility and a consistent respect for privacy concerning health matters maybe we should share that training with others.

2) I would be very careful about speculation concerning the prognosis of lymphoma. The many different cell types (Hodgkins vs non-Hodgkins) and various responses to treatment make blanket optimism and pessimism very iffy....

My prayers for Mr Frankel and his family and a hope that all of us are spared such difficult moments in the future.

Alot of people on this board are in bad need of a high colonic.

I can't believe how uptight some of you are recently. What's with all the high and mighty bullshat and the holier than thou attitude (BTW, Stone Gossard to name a couple) lately?

I don't think this Frankel issue is a rumor at all. I've read the same on another message board "filled with CA posters". It was "allegedly" announced on a LA radio program and discussed openly on two other sites by "people who work at the CA tracks".

I agree on the privacy issue, but Frankel is a high profile ,well known public person.
The news that he is sick with lymphoma is difficult to keep quiet, especially when it appears to be a known fact in CA. And to expect this terrible news to remain out of the public consciousness , especially in a horse racing venue, is unrealistic in the 21st century of the internet.

Here's the difference.....I am accountable for what I post.

Plus, I won't ever apologize for respecting the wishes of someone who is gravely ill. If that's " holier than thou " then I can certainly live with it.

Accountable? Accountable for what? Do you know Frankel wishes his condition to be private? Even if he does, it's not as if he's keeping a secret like him cheating on his wife, or something embarrassing like that (I am not implying anything here at all).

And it's not just the Frankel thing. The whole thing with Stauffer was ridiculous. It's so ridiculous, I'm pretty sure Gossard had to be doing that for some reason that had nothing to do with his claim of bias.

It's hardly a stretch from the article to think Frankel wishes to keep it private. Being that it is his life, I think the least someone can do is assume that until HE makes the choice to discuss it, keep it private. Clearly others disagree....but that doesn't change either my opinion or the way I will lead my life. Just because it's not " embarrassing " doesn't mean it isn't private. In fact, one could argue that makes it moreso.

As for the other thing you referred to.....that's not my concern. I didn't bring up the issue, or engage in the conversation, but that was someone's personal opinion about something public. Apples and oranges.

I once called Bobby Frankel to interview him for a story with The Saratoga Special... I was nervous as balls. He's very direct and if you're not experienced with interviewing hard interviewees, it's like walking into the lions den. He was really cool though, and it went well.

Hope he's back at the track soon.

The minute he starts posting backstretch innuendo, I'm sure he will.

Great in some pervented way you are right and then I remember I am a human being and wonder what it must feel like to know your life MAYBE coming to and end. So being right doesn't seem to apply when it could be a matter of life or death.

Freddy, that post by Cardus was a JOKE!

Thx I deleted it then..When I saw Byk's I figured he was serious

Impressive save.

High and mighty? What...because I have an opinion different than yours and others it makes me high and mighty? I am sorry if you can't handle me busting your balls.....but I am far from acting high and mighty.

Salvatore must be going for a Noble Peace Prize for all the charity work with you.

Yeah I had a reason. I watched the race and thought it was a ridiculous call. What the hell is wrong with that. There are plenty of threads on here which I feel are ridiculous...but you know what...I stay outta them. I don't jump in whining and crying that the thread starter is being unfair.

You out of anyone on here should be talking....you wrote a thread about DrugS walking around with one contact lense in. Talk about useless drivel being posted on here.

My sincerest wishes for Bobby Frankel to get well soon. May his illness and recovery be speedy and as pain free as possible.

This business that Frankel is subject to gossip because he is a high profile personality is just garbage. What ails him is no one's business besides his own, his family and his doctor. That should be enough for anyone. It's not the public's right to know and speculate just because the person works a job in the public eye.

Things you read on message boards and hear on the radio from unverifiable sources do not necessarily make them gospel. I'm not saying the man isn't sick, but it's clear he wants his business to be just that.

Obviously, Frankel and those close to him were approached by Grening and the DRF to shed some light on the situation. Obviously, in the position that Dave Grening is in, he is able to gather information that many others are not privy to. Grening has a strong reputation with the DRF for his work, and it's quite obvious that if Frankel did not want to share the information with Grening, it's very likely he wants to keep this private and within his immediate family which can be expected in a time like this. He has every right to privacy, and even if someone were to know what is ailing him, or rumors were circulating as to what was ailing him, it's very much his own prerogative whether to speak to anyone regarding his condition, and in a paper such as the DRF where so much is public knowledge, if Frankel wanted his illness to be public, surely he would have given the information to Grening to be presented in that forum/manner.