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Originally Posted by LARHAGE
I generally really like reading Repent's replies, he can make me laugh at times, but man, Repent, you can't possibly really mean what you say, and if you really do mean it than you are not what we all are, whether we are gamblers, owners, breeders or just like the majority .... fans. There is no way you could be actually pulling for these beautiful animals to break down and die so you could prove a point. I think anyone who would wish this has to think of these horses as nothing more than numbered saddle cloths, and not the wonderful animals they are.  |
well,
part of the difference btwn me and a lot of you is that I have no appreciation for the actual horses themselves.
ppl talk about going to KY and visiting these past great racehorses and I have to tell you, all i can think about is how much of a waste of time that would be.
the closest I ever get to a horse is the paddock when they are saddling them at Lone Star.
and I only go down there to see if they are washed out or not.
its not like I have any desire to be close to an animal.
I truly believe we are in a crucial time for American racing.
I see this rubber polytrack crap going in at major racetracks and its like nobody gets it.
this threatens the very existence of one of our country's oldest sporting institutions-thoroughbred dirt racing.
dirt racing is what we do better than any country in the world.
others have turf.
so do we, but its not the primary aspect of our racing.
10 years from now, are we going to look around and claim to be the king of polytrack racing?
maybe we are going to be that, but who really gives a sh*t?
who want to be known as the country who breeds the best synthetic wax and rubber runners in the world?
its downright embarassing.
so Im sorry if my words offend some people.
i know that a lot of you are better ppl than I am.
and you care about these horses that we bet on.
but I dont.
I wish I could say that I hope everything goes well at Turfway, KEE, and Holypark.
but I dont.
I hope they fail.
I hope they fail quickly so we can stop all this nonsense about synthetic surfaces.
Repent