"Spaced" Races And "Fresh" Horses Are Killing The Sport

[Five Star Derek]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Lesson #1 - Dont believe what you read, especially if it is about horseracing.

Lesson #2 - Think for yourself. If they knew the horse had a stress fracture and ran him in the Belmont anyway, then they are dangerous. Just like the rest of us they speculate that it happened in the Preakness but he sure looked good running 1 1/2 miles 3 weeks later.

Cannon-I appreciate your advice but I've been around this game long enough and at different capacities to know that you can't believe everything you read. That goes for many things also. By the way, I didn't read this I heard it first hand. I spend most of my time close to the tracks in the northeast so that is generally where I do my horse business and that is where I am in tune with the most.

I never mentioned stress fracture in my previous threads so I don't know where you came up with that. Most horses running today have various ailments and trainers continue to run them depending on the trainer and the ailment. They can continue to run good but maybe not have as long of a career. I'm sure you already know this. As far as speculation is concerned, I'll chose to listen to the connections speculation rather then somebody on a message board. They would know more about their horse than us and by the way Tim Ritchey is a straitforward guy in this business. He doesn't like to pull punches.