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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat
The fuss is that 4k seems crazy for him and honestly some of my personal fuss is I'm having Mr. Umphrey flashbacks now.
He was in the Met Mile. The Met Mile!
Rabbit or not he deserved better than to die on a track somewhere in Pennsylvania running for a few thousand dollars.
I just get really sad when I see horses who had been at a certain level sink this far.
It's my problem and it's reality... it can be a brutal sport on many levels.
Doesn't mean I have to go silently into the night and accept these things without feeling like someone has a knife in my heart.
Okay that was a little overboard but you know what I mean.
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Sorry Gooey, I admire your sensibilities but I was simply reacting to the trhead title.
I don't see anything "wrong with this picture." He is a late developing, lightly raced 10 year old that is in at a level that anyone dreadfully concerned for his well being can easily obtain from the claiming box.
My guess is that he can/still wants to run (as evidenced by his m/l) and the owners feel he'd rather compete than rot away on the farm.
I'm sorry I don't read any more into it than that. Just my opinion.