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Originally Posted by parsixfarms
There's nothing Jackson can do? Come on, you're smarter than that. The trainer can't run him there unless the owner lets him. Yes, he's winning with Curlin, but that doesn't mean Asmussen gets to do whatever he wants. Asmussen works for Jackson; it's not the other way around.
I agree that you can't retire every horse that had an injury. That's not the point here. Here's an expensive yearling that ran a 2008 debut race that suggested he's worth far more than $50K unless he had a hole in him. I suppose you think that the suspicious drop in for a tag and the fact that the horse broke down are purely coincidental.
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So what is a major owner to do perhaps this would suffice:
Hire a Blue ribbon team of vet's
Engage them in a think tank that would analyze each and every horses medical status before said horse was entered.
Do complete medical testing after each and every movement(works or bowel)...
Come on already this horse had an issue but every single horse has an issue and too boot we are speculating that the horse had an issue that caused im to lose his life.
You can't possibly suggest that an owner with 100 head is suppose to be privy to all the medical issues of each and every animal.. Has far as we know.. ASS could have just told Jackson the horses didn't work out and Jess said lose him in a claimer..
So I bought this colt I send him to a quality trainer and he debuts with a 54 beyer and gets dinged up now my trainer after 4 months off gets the colt working again and says maybe we want to just go in claimer with the other dinged horses instead of a MSW.. Who am I to argue I hired the guy because he is suppose to have my best interests at heart and the horses. It's silly if you think I am going to retire him because he was laid up..
I am sorry the horse died but it happens and IMO Jackson is hardly to blame.