Sports Town Euthanized

[10 pnt move up]

may the angles sing when he runs...........

actually the lamintis was caused by not have polytrack in new york.

[ateamstupid]

That sucks for sure. I thought he really had a bright future sprinting. His Ogygian win was simply monstrous. RIP.

[Downthestretch55]

RIP Sports Town.
This thread got me thinking about something I've been dealing with for a while.
It has to do with "hope" in a tough tough game.
I've booked my mares to stallions I've picked. Waited eleven months.
Paid all the fees, stud, vets, Jockey Club, farm, on and on... believe me, it's not the money. A lot has to do with the "hope".
Watching the foal stand on it's wobbly legs and take its first sip, listening to its mommy scream for it when its weaned. When its tacked up and ground broke, lunged, ridden with a pony on a lead, then on its own, well, it's really part of a tough tough game.
I'm just trying to put a face on all the effort that goes into a horse before it even gets to the track. It's more than money. It's love.
So, to all the folks that had their hands on Sports Town, the breeder, the groom, the friend that brought a carrot or a mint, the mucker, the hotwalker, the trainers and riders, and all the others whose lives have been touched by the hope they had in you, Sports Town, thanks. May you rest in peace, and be assured that the love they've put your way won't be forgotten, nor will the hope you inspired in them. It's a tough tough game.
RIP

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

RIP Sports Town.
This thread got me thinking about something I've been dealing with for a while.
It has to do with "hope" in a tough tough game.
I've booked my mares to stallions I've picked. Waited eleven months.
Paid all the fees, stud, vets, Jockey Club, farm, on and on... believe me, it's not the money. A lot has to do with the "hope".
Watching the foal stand on it's wobbly legs and take its first sip, listening to its mommy scream for it when its weaned. When its tacked up and ground broke, lunged, ridden with a pony on a lead, then on its own, well, it's really part of a tough tough game.
I'm just trying to put a face on all the effort that goes into a horse before it even gets to the track. It's more than money. It's love.
So, to all the folks that had their hands on Sports Town, the breeder, the groom, the friend that brought a carrot or a mint, the mucker, the hotwalker, the trainers and riders, and all the others whose lives have been touched by the hope they had in you, Sports Town, thanks. May you rest in peace, and be assured that the love they've put your way won't be forgotten, nor will the hope you inspired in them. It's a tough tough game.
RIP

its alot tougher to stay alive when horses are pumped full of cobra venom!

[Left Bank]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

may the angles sing when he runs...........

actually the lamintis was caused by not have polytrack in new york.

You obviously are totally clueless!

[Left Bank]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Picking up on sarcasm is obviously one of your strong suits huh?

Come on,what would not having polytrack have to do with it?What a ridiculous statement for him to make!!

[Left Bank]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Again, I'm pretty confident he was being sarcastic saying it.

I don't think so.Not by reading his other posts here and in other threads.But you could be right

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Again, I'm pretty confident he was being sarcastic saying it.

second this.

[Mortimer]

Well.....










......I vote clueless.

[ARyan]

RIP

Very very sad.

[Echo Farm]

RIP Sports Town.

This is a devistating disease that has taken down so many of our horses. I don't think we will ever really understand a horse's foot.

This is an interesting but complicated website discussing it.

http://www.olympus.net/personal/pvd/pvd.html

Perhaps, Steve, you could get Dr Allday to give a simple explanation (if there is one) to the audience when he calls into the show.