1st train to Keeneland

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I kind of have to agree with Sumitas on this one.

I remember there was a very unsound horse running at Hollywood Park a couple of years ago that was taking a big class drop. He broke down in the race and had to be put down. Then Frank Lyons had the nerve to say that the horse died doing what he loved to do and that was probably the way the horse would have wanted to go. It really pissed me off and I sent Frank an e-mail letting him know. I told him that I'm sure the horse would have been much happier to have been retired and live a long and happy life on a farm. I highly doubt the horse wanted to have his ankle injected for the 20th time and break his leg.
I think it is a bunch of nonsense when you hear trainers make comments like, "I'm sure the horse wanted to go like that." I think comments like that are self-serving and an insult to the intelligence of anyone with a grain of common sense.

Don't get me wrong, if Jones did indeed say that, it's a pretty stupid comment.

However, this is nothing more than YET ANOTHER attempt to prove that sumitas is a blind supporter of synthetic surfaces. We get the point.