Shake You Down

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by repent

and thats fine westcoast.
more power to anyone who wants to purchase him.

I just do not understand how anyone can be so sure that horse wants to be rescued from his life of racing(which is what he was born to do) so that he can be bored in a stall the rest of his life.



Repent

When a graded stakes horse is to the point that he can only compete in a $5,000 claiming race, it almost certainly means that he has a serious injury. He probably has a tendon or suspensory. If they keep running the horse, he will probably end up getting hurt very badly and possibly breaking down and dying. That is the problem.

If you had a horse that had made you over $1 million, would you run him for $5,000 if you knew he had a serious physical problem and would be at risk of serious injury and possibly breaking down if he continues to run? I think most people would retire the horse in that situation.