What's wrong with this picture?

[reese]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Ball Four is making money for people and winning. Two things that are a lot more productive then eating hay in a field growing old fast. The point of racing a horse is winning and finding spots were they can win. The thread is titled What is wrong with this picture? The answer is NOTHING. Your kindness is wonderful. I just wonder way you dont contact the last place finisher owners and help them out instead of Ball Four?

The question is What is wrong with you?

The horses in question are racing at the lowest level in racing.
95% of them have physical infirmaties from the concussive pounding on their bodies from racing in scores, and scores of races.

Specious reasoning seems to be your stock in trade. You state, "these horses are running at low level claiming races "because this is the level they can win a race...as if that is the only conclusion. Conveniently, you omit the part where Ball Four has sunk to this low level becasue he is physically unable to perform against better competion.

Take Honor Ernesto...the horse who broke down at AQU causing a 4 horse terrible collision and spill. When I commented that "that horse was ridden too hard by a lousy jockey" and broke both seismoids and had a totally collapsed knee...your stupid, stupid comment was "the jockey should ride gently and nice".
The horse Honor Ernesto...racing on Feb 13th in a low level ny claimer...just raced in another lower level claimer Feb 4th. Grinding hard the way for a 2nd place finish.

According to your limited reasoning ability...Honor Ernesto had "nothing wrong wrong with him" except the total destruction of all his legs and knee.
According to you...Honor Ernesto and Ball Four are "just running in races where they can win...and make "money".

The last part I agree with. It is cheaper for the owners/trainers to have these low level claimers breakdown on track. Cheaper than having the expense to cart the bodies away privately.

And I don't want to hear any PETA %%IT from you. I watch and gamble every day.

YOU are the poster boy for the Dunning-Kruger effect.
I'd elaborate, but I doubt you have the capability of understanding the concept.

[my miss storm cat]

Ball Four Retired, Sent to Old Friends

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...to-old-friends

[Sightseek]

[my miss storm cat]

Ball Four to Appear at Keeneland April 16

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...eland-april-16

[Mike]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Ball Four to Appear at Keeneland April 16

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...eland-april-16

Ball Four at Keeneland! I've been waiting for him to get back on synthetics, which I feel is his preferred surface