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Originally Posted by Echo Farm
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"A small issue becomes a big, chronic one pretty darn fast when treated this way. The fact that people rely on the Thoroughbred stoicism to keep running and bringing home a paycheck makes me violent, as it would anybody who has loved a Thoroughbred. They will do what you ask of them, and they will do it despite the fact that they shouldn’t. It’s the famous Thoroughbred heart."
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That's putting it as well as I have ever heard or read. And those who rely on "the famous Thoroughbred heart" in such a fashion are the reason that changes are in order, and can't happen too soon. Most owners and trainers do have the best interests of the horse at heart. So why let the bad minority sully the sport?