ROI Results 8/26 @ Saratoga

[RUFFIAN]

DON
“ Ruffian's magic lamp to find that diamond in the Ruff “
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🙀🙀🙀 MY POMERANIAN NAME IS
DIAMOND IN THE RUFF 🐶

HER MAMA IS
SWEET CAROLINE BY NEIL DIAMOND 💍
RUFF FOR RUFFIAN

[cal828]

Congrats to all those that made a profit. Would like to expound on the horrific breakdown of that horse last weekend, but what can you say to make it better? Just hope the powers that be can find a way. Santa Anita seems to have gotten a handle on the problem there, but don't know if the same methods would work a continent away with different weather and climate, soil, etc. Very frustrating for fans, horsemen, riders, and racetrack people alike.

Gonna get off here now. Woke up with eye problems today that I haven't had in about 20 years. Probably spending way too much time starring at computer screens.

[RUFFIAN]

AFTER THE TEARS
After The Tears Have Stopped Falling
After The Heartaches Subside...
My Mind Is Asking The Question...
Why Many Good Horses Have Died?

Is It The Breeding Or Training?
Is It The Fault Of The Track?
Is It The Greed And The Money?
Or Only The Conscience We Lack?

Why Are The Legs Oh So Fragile
That Two And Three Year Olds Die?
Why Can't The Doctors Repair Them?
And, Worse Yet, Why Don't They Try?

Is Insurance Money The Answer?
And To Save Them Not Worth The Price?
Is Saving Our Beautiful Horses
Worth Less Than The Toss Of The Dice?

Some Say It's Part Of The Game Now
It's Simply The Price We Must Pay!
My Heart Tells Me
Something Quite Different
It Says That We Must Find A Way.....

A Way To Develop More Soundness
A Way To Have Youngsters Grow Old!
A Way To Secure A Safe Future
For All Of The Dreams That We Hold.

So, After The Tears Have Stopped Falling
And, After The Heartaches Subside
Let's All Seek To Find Honest Answers
Of Why Those We Loved
Now Have Died.

(C) LADY CAT 🐱

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by cal828

Congrats to all those that made a profit. Would like to expound on the horrific breakdown of that horse last weekend, but what can you say to make it better? Just hope the powers that be can find a way. Santa Anita seems to have gotten a handle on the problem there, but don't know if the same methods would work a continent away with different weather and climate, soil, etc. Very frustrating for fans, horsemen, riders, and racetrack people alike.

Gonna get off here now. Woke up with eye problems today that I haven't had in about 20 years. Probably spending way too much time starring at computer screens.

Breakdowns tare and ofen tear me up every time I see one.