[King Glorious]

The part that irritates me is that I am on another forum and the thread started off talking about the stakes races they were going to have at that track that day. But when I wanted to talk about the actual races, especially the feature race and the track, nobody wanted to talk about it. They were all focused on the death of this horse. As DaHoss and CMOrioles have expressed, this happens regularly. I admittedly am not a big fan of horses and I don't get the same emotional attatchments that some have but it just bothers me a little when I can't even get any discussion on the races on a racing forum.

I've told her plenty of times that if she's going to feel this way about every single horse, she's going to cry herself out of the game really fast. It's not a bad thing to have that compassion for the animals. There is a part of me that wishes that I had more. But at the same time, if u are going to stay involved in this game, even as a fan, u have to develop a thicker skin because this stuff will happen all the time. Most racing fans that have been around for awhile are going to have the attitude that u have seen on here. We're like "ok, it happened, let's move on." And then when there is a thread about each one everytime it happens, well I can see the irritation. It doesn't irritate me but I can see how it could bother some.

For the record, I think she's great. She's new and she's enthusiastic about the sport and she puts her heart all the way into it. It's not all about the numbers and the tickets cashed and the grade one horses. For her, the $5k claimer at Yvapai is as important as the Derby winner and I hope she doesn't get discouraged by the reaction to this thread.