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Old 10-19-2006, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by todko
They knew he was bad, but I don't think they knew he was that bad. It doesn't make sense that they would risk killing him for one more race. And they damn near did kill him.

And it really was Pletcher who smoozed everyone about how great BC was going to run. You can't blame it all on the farm.

This is a good thread and a lot of people here made very good points.
Yeah, I don't think that they thought that he was that bad either. In fact, as others have said, there is a very good chance that leg that he broke wasn't the one that was initially bothering him. These animals are just too damn fragile.
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