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Originally Posted by oracle80

Eric,
You still don't get my point. I wasn't accusing Levine of anything. But it was a freak out race, granted one that had explanations, but a freak out race nonetheless. If Pletcher or Dutrow had one who jumped up like that, certain folks would still be howling over it.
I remember "one guy" who bitched about a horse of Dutrows this time last year on another board( ) who carried on for hours, it was a claimer who jumped up and ran a race like this who eventually got claimed away and won for the next trainer, and man was this guy livid about it.
Cheap horse freaked, today a cheap horse freaked and umm well, the guy didn't bitch, he made a perfectly rational explanation which I agred with. But the perception that these bitchers aren't biased(when they themselves accuse others of being biased) is a complete and total joke.

I do very much get your point. I don't have a problem with your point. Again, no offense whatsoever, I think your point was rather pointless, but that's just my opinion. The fact that you weren't accusing Bruce Levine of anything doesn't mean it didn't -- initially -- come across that way (before you gave your explanation and additional commentary).

I understand what you are saying and I think what contributed to me, and perhaps others, not getting your point is how you react when the commentary is about Dutrow, or one of your friends, clients, etc. -- that's all. You reference the that the bitchers are "biased" and I am sure you won't get an arguement on that (at least not from me). However, your own comments come with their own bias -- and in this case that may have been a contributory factor. Nothing wrong with that, it is what it is.

Eric