Anyone ever just not care anymore?
 

Anybody ever went through a patch where they just don't give a **** about racing anymore?

never.

but when chicago racing is dark, i tend to be LESS interested in the day to day happenings....just follow the bigger stories and horses from my stable mail, and see if anyone 80-1 shots won at Fairgrounds and Gulfstream.

Not having Chicago racing makes me give a lot less of a ****.

Nope

yes after sa stops..till coffee and drf in the am..or most mondays and tues..

It's an uncurable illness.

I love racing all the time. I dont think I have ever gone through a spell where I didnt care. To me, there is much more to racing than what goes on at the track. I love the politics, what tracks try to do, the bickering between jocks, trainers, owners and tracks, I am beginning to love the breeding side. To me, there is always something to be excited about when it comes to this great sport.

Last Nov/early Dec I lost 14 straight days. Horses hanging beating me out of p-3s and p-4s, prime overlays stumbling out of the gate and, most of all, a period of very poor handicapping.

I watch replays every early morning for 2 hours. One day I woke up and decided that I didn't have it in me to do.

Gave it a full week of total vacation from any racing. Got back to it and my mid/late Dec went well. But for a week, the last thing I cared about was seeing anything running in circles.

Yep, I'm in one of those "I don't ****ing care" moods right now, myself. I'm sure that will change by the time the Sunshine Millions rolls around. :D

woah, woah, the mouth on you ca-cagator:p

My care-o-meter for racing this time of year is at meh.

I hope you all have fun at Gulfstream during the Sunshine Millions, and maybe you'll get back into caring then:D

oh she will have the time of her life. i promise.

if not, i will make her drink more.

That's the way to do it!

Haha... I don't think the drinking part is going to be a problem! Speaking of... I found a nice rolling cooler in my garage. I forgot we had one. I'm bringing it along. :cool:

I would say take a couple weeks off and come back to wagering when you have a better attitude.

For me, it was the holidays. I always get so depressed in December and January. :(

You know they turn horses out on farms when they go a little sour and really don't seem into racingThey usually come back fresh..A little break is always a good thing Moodwalker.

I have to take breaks from it. It sems like there are stretches when I can't do anything wrong and even longer ones where I can't do anything right
well 2 of 3 and so on

I get annoyed with people

yes ,basically the entire fall meet of 05 here in chicago. that was the time i got my horse back from that ahole piece of shiat mutha f'n c sucker that abused and mistreated him. my horse was basically sore all over almost crippled and came back 2-300 lbs underweight. i drove almost 2 hrs in each direction every weekend to see him at the farm he stayed at and id go to the track only to the barn to see my trainers horses. i was asbsolutely sour on racing and disgusted with it as a business in general

I need a little clarification. Are you saying that someone abused your horse
or
the horse you got had been abused prior to you getting him ?

I would have a serious problem containing my rage long enough to aim properly.

btw.. who is your trainer?

AMEN...although I don't know if I could be reserved enough to go home and get my gun...bare hands work too.

that's why we need conceal carry because you can never be too close to your gun when the urge to kill someone overtakes you

LOL...that could get me in trouble...
but I have found that a 2 thousand pound car (or whatever it weighs) is a great tool for intimidation :D

That just about covers it for me.

that's why i drive an f-250 supercrew. VERY intimidating...

:D :D yeah thats tougher than my subaru...but I did get the bug shield put on the hood so that ups the toughness:p

lol a subaru?!

i don't drive the truck often, i also have a ford freestyle--it sucks. lol not really my style, but i plan to get rid of that in a few years. i saw the pics of the camaros they're coming out with--told tony that was my next ride.

the AWD is great in the VT winters...and cheaper on gas than anything with 4WD...
but intimidation is all about who is behind the wheel :cool:

Yea,a 5 or 6 hour patch.

damn scuds, that long?!

well most here know the story from the espn board wing but you werent round much so ill bring ya up 2 speed. my horse was shipped to minnesota and the ahole sent him back to me sore as hell and way underweight like i said. i got a 600+ dollar vet bill all from"supposed" work, the horse hadnt raced from the time that"supposed" work was done either. i pretty much think the guy had the vet work i paid for done on some of his other horses. when my original and current trainer steve cholity and i went to pick up the horse from his farm his words were hes doing great hes ready to run 2morrow. just the opposite as i sent him to the farm for 5 months. when i questioned this guy about why my horse was underweight he said from a bee sting. lol my horse is not the best runner in the world yes i know that hahahha but he maybe the best eater as he ALWAYS cleans up his feed and eats more than any1 in the barn.


i was sour on racing in general and thats the main reason why i didnt attend live racing here for the time i stated. also though becuz that prick was training here and if i saw him obviously things woulda happened right there. yeah i was upset about getting ripped off financially(was also overcharged on my training bill) but what angered me most of all was the lack of care my horse recieved. come to find out after i had my horse with this guy i learned hed been sued a few years ago when he was running a farm. he was billing clients for medicine and other things that their horses never recieved, obviously he was pocketing the money. its sad to say in the sport i love but i learned alotta things the hard way in the business and i now trust very few people. when im on the backside i see alotta people in white and black striped suits with a ball and chain attached to them(crooks)

thanks for telling the story again. I have heard other stories and that is why I hesitate to get involved. that and $$$. The new utility rates, a doctor bill, no OT and insurance... I'm not going to the OTB tomorrow we're supposed to get more ice storms. I've got limbs all across the blvd still waiting to get picked up.

So.. how is your horse doing now?

Man, that sucks. I hate to think about how many of us got to the point that where our love and passion for the game led us to the next level (ownership) only to get disenchanted and heartbroken by unscruplous scumbags in it for the quick buck with no regard whatsoever for the animal's well-being.
I know personally, people getting strung along by dirt bags such as this - every excuse in the book why it can't run, etc, meanwhile collecting $80+ day rates when the horse isn't even close to form, much less even close to the track (on a farm in Whoknowswhereville), getting milked for every friggin' line item they can squeeze into a monthly bill.
Only to find out that the horse is living in squalor, not getting the med attention THEY have been paying for etc...

I've been extremely fortunate in that I haven't jumped into the game when I could have (there have been a lot of opportunities) but chose to get together with 3 very close friends with like minded sensabilities and built our own stable from the ground up; utilizing only the most respected names in the business, and so far it has work out to everyone's expectations.

I'm sure there are a lot respectable partnerships out there, and MOST of them offer a great avenue to get into the ownership game, but stories like this make my blood boil.

deetee stable one time fee.....nuff said..

dans doing just fine these days. its not all bad people but as i said there are alotta crooks in the business and alotta people who will take you and your pocketbook for a ride. i wonder if some have a conscious, apparently not! its not all bad though there are good, honest trainers on the backside. im back with my original trainer and have been since that incident now since hes not leaving town. although hes only 22 i wouldnt want anybody else to train for me. steve came up under hall of fame trainer eddie cole and has had his training license for just a little over 2 years now. as long as he wants to train i wanna own. im close to buying half of a horse and i will claim another this year. 2007 will be a very good year for yours truly in the sport of kings=)

right here, i dont care much for it right now. It could be due to losing thousands of dollars

You DO have the 'street cred'!!lol

just ask my insurance company:eek: