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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
I am not offering a defense of Victor Molina, or those kind of actions, but I think that there is a basic hypocracy in these kinds of threads. Considering all the lousy things that go on in horse racing, and the general blind eye most of us turn to them, I'm not sure this specific situation should get everybody up in arms. I have a friend who was an exercise rider and backstretch worker, one day I asked her what she was doing that afternoon and she said " pulling manes. " When I suggested that sounded boarderline cruel she said " we do a lot of mean things to horses. "
It's a brutal game that we love....let's not pretend we're animal rights activists here.
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Very well said BTW. Everybody who knows Molina has said its hard to believe he would kick a horse,even the trainer has spoke up for him.. Molina sounded remorseful in his apology and would accept any punishment given. He knows he hurt the industry with his actions.