Lukas down to 40 horses

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

What was even more exciting about that was the complete disinterest Lukas showed in Flanders after the race when she broke down.

If I remember, the vets did an amazing job to save the filly's life. It was a very complicated surgery and they were lucky to save her. The vets explained to the press exactly what they did. So when the press asked Lukas about the fillies condition, they were shocked when Lukas said that she was fine and acted like what happened was no big deal. He acted like the horse wasn't even hurt bad and that she was never in any grave danger. When the press told Lukas that the vets said they were lucky to save her, Lukas said something to the effect of 'Those vets always exaggerate and act like a horse's condition was much worse than it was, just so they can take credit and make people think that they can walk on water.'

Lukas wasn't even appreciative about what the vets had done to save his horse. It was more important for him to downplay the injury in order to take the focus off the vets and put it back on him for wiining those big races.