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Originally Posted by ELA
It will probably be another arguement, although the farm seems to have acquiesced in trying to keep even fingers on the lever of control. If what the media reports is true -- and I question that, and it's accuracy and thoroughness -- unless the conditions are met, it seems that the farm has very little or even no say in the horse's career.
OTOH, I think given the horse's defeat, it certainly opens the door to more discussions . . . or arguements, LOL. Let me preface that I was never a fan of Lawyer Ron, just wasn't. I expected a top effort and a win in the Whitney, but that is because I was at Monmouth and saw what I saw in that previous race. But that race -- the Whitney -- was kind of freaky. Then the Woodward -- the freak show continues, LOL.
We all know the horse for course routine, and unless you saw this horse regularly (and working) at the Spa, I am not sure there was a reason to believe that he would fall into that category. So if you throw that out, after those 2 starts there at the Spa, you had to be thinking this might have been the best horse on the planet.
Now last Saturday? It's shaping up to be one great Classic.
Eric
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I thought I read somewhere that the contract had a provision that as long as Ron keeps finishing in the top two in Graded Stakes he is to be kept in training until both parties agree on retirement. If he should fail to do so in two consecutive graded Stakes than Stonewall gets him or somethng to that effect.
Ron, the human, said he was going to Dubai next year as far as he was concerned.