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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
I read through a copy of Hall of Fame trainer Preston Burch's 55 year old book 'Training Thoroughbred Horses'
If released today - I believe the title would now be called 'How to kill thoroughbred horses with old fashioned methods from pre medication days'
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Ironically enough, it was Assault's full brother, Air Lift, who broke down in his career debut at 2 (trainer was Max Hirsch) that led to that famous editorial someone posted a month or two ago entitled "Death of a Racehorse".
Of course, being a full brother is in truth more like being a "half brother", genetically speaking that is, so technically its not
that ironic.
But poetically it is...