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Originally Posted by LARHAGE
It's deplorable because of the age of this horse, I hate that old bullshit line that he was unhappy retired, well guess what he was also probably unhappy when he was brought in from pasture and put into a stall to train as well, they learn to adapt, and if he truly does hate the life of leisure than I'm positive there would be a 10 mile line of people willing to ride this horse on the trails in a nice stable ( including me). This horse, of ANY horse has done enough for his connections to warrant a safe retirement, the fact they would even risk a catastrophic injury says all I need to know about them, and he's at risk everytime he steps on the track, I know every other horse in the world does as well, but this is LAVA MAN, he is a track hero and should be treated as such, horses are totally dependent on us to do the right thing, they have no choice and will do as we ask of them, I have no doubt LM has the heart and desire to run, but he definately does not have the physical ability to match, do we really need to see a futile effort from a once champion horse that just can't compete anymore or worse? If anyone thinks the motive is anything but self-serving greed than your naive. It's a travesty to this horse, plain and simple.
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he's eight-not exactly one foot in the grave. eight year olds are perfectly capable of racing at that age, as well as beyond that age.
as for it being a travesty, the horse has no idea what the conditions of a race are-he won't know if it's a graded race or an allowance.