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Originally Posted by Cardus
You are making an "apples and oranges" argument.
Dubai Millenium did not die as the result of a racing injury, as you know. Therefore, comparing a non-racing related death to the possibility of a race related fatality doesn't make sense.
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That's not the argument I'm making. I may not have done it too well, but the points are separate.
1) Godolphin have suffered plenty of ill-fortune in the past, often because of their sporting approach, and keeping valuable stud prospects in training, but not always.
2) The likelihood of a horse staying well and injury free is, as you know, immeasurably greater when he is not racing. If a horse dies of colic or chronic laminitis, whatever, outside of racing, that is bad luck. But the chances of breaking down are far greater when subjected to the rigors of training/racing.