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Originally Posted by Kasept
Not to single out your post at all John, but it's not idle speculation. Happened yesterday and he was in front of stewards this morning.
Story will appear soon on Blood-Horse or elsewhere. There is going to be a real negative reaction.
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Not that anyone would condone what may have happened....but I hope he is not being punished outside of the rules because....A - the horse suffered the supposed injury and B - because of a concern over public backlash.
If the rules need to be fixed, then fix them, but making examples, especially at a time of hysteria like now, is a very slippery slope.