Barbaro continues to Improve

[Suffolk Shippers]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Guys stop this ok. This is no topic to start a pissing match on. This horses survival is not only something we in the game who loved him are praying for, its also a very important thing for the industry. If he survives its a feel good story that the common person will love. If he does not, racing gets dealt another very bad PR blow. We can debate what actually is going on but it won't get us anywhere. In the end we will still all be in the same place praying for his recovery. How about we just leave it at that and fight about some other stuff. There is never a shortage of topics to squabble over on here and if need be I will start a thread where we can fight if only to stop this one from continuing on in this tone. Now how bad a thread has to be developing for ME to please ask people to stop? Geez, now thats bad. Enough please.

When Oracle steps in you know things are going down the wrong road, but he is exactly right. Pissing matches over someone you talked to or a vet you know are kind of morose for a conversation like this. The fact is, Dr. Richardson is Barbaro's doc and no one knows the situation better than him and he's not talking all too much. He also said its a long road back and there are bumps along the way. Interpeting every news item and debating whether its a bump or a good development or bad news, is kind of disrespectful to the people who brought the animal this far.

Ninety nine times out of one hundred, horses never leave the track alive when something like that happens. For that reason alone, Barbaro is a living, breathing miracle. The miracle was made possible by people like Prado, the vets on track, folks like Dr. Richardson, and the Jacksons, and the animal himself. Everyone had a small hand in it.

Knowing that, and how far the horse has gotten and how much emotion he invokes, I think it is borderline shameful that we as outsiders with less than common knowledge of the situation are sitting here making judgements on things we know nothing about. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but unless someone here performed this surgery on Barbaro, I dont think they are qualified to speak as to his health or lack there of.

Ruler you really need to stop with the God complex. For the millionth time, there are plenty of people here who know huge folks in the game, and we actually know them ourselves, not through a friend who knows them,
I can assure you that the poster whom you just insulted knows plenty of folks himself. I also know that the person to whom you are insulting would never post that he spoke to a surgeon without having done so.
I have no idea why you attack people who also happen to know folks in this game and I find it bizarre as well. Lighten up.

Originally Posted by oracle80

Ruler you really need to stop with the God complex. For the millionth time, there are plenty of people here who know huge folks in the game, and we actually know them ourselves, not through a friend who knows them,
I can assure you that the poster whom you just insulted knows plenty of folks himself. I also know that the person to whom you are insulting would never post that he spoke to a surgeon without having done so.
I have no idea why you attack people who also happen to know folks in this game and I find it bizarre as well. Lighten up.

Coming from you, that first line is the funniest thing I have ever read.