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Originally Posted by Jay Frederick
Don't think anyone is suggesting running every last bit of soundness out of them. There has to be a middle ground there somewhere.
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Respectfully, in this instance, I think this is the middle ground.
Great post, Sightie... always nice when someone is able to convey the thoughts that I think a few of us here share.
I'm sorry to bring up something so sad and about an older warrior we all loved (or who at least was a fan and forum favorite), but maybe this is part of it...
I do not know Mr. Repole at all and am not trying to be presumptuous or attempt to psychoanalyze him but maybe this is relative (?):
Repole said he had considered retiring Caixa Eletronica at the end of both his 7- and 8-year-old seasons, but the horse was sound and seemed to enjoy running and training so much that he kept him going. Repole said he turned down offers from farms in Indiana, Oklahoma, and overseas to stand the horse as a stallion. Repole said his plan was to retire the horse to Old Friends in Saratoga.
“Growing up in Queens these are the horses that I fell in love with, not the Saturday horses, but the Wednesday and Thursday horses,” Repole said. “Caixa was that type of horse that turned into a special horse.”
http://www.drf.com/news/belmont-park...ining-accident
So that's why I think this is a win win and that this just might be the middle ground. If nothing else why not be a little more careful with an older horse...
Glad for all involved. Always nice to see a happy ending.
