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Oh, i'm sorry, but i didn't realise you knew people who worked at Godolphin that could tell you otherwise. If this article was a load of crap, i would have read it and not bothered to post it at all, but the fact that i was told about it "reading very close to the truth" i thought i'd read it and see what i thought. From everything i have been told by both current and ex employees, this article remains to be the truth. You have said yourself that you know little about racing, especially over here, so i don't quite see how you are in the position to say that this isn't fact. People can argue with me all day long, but when i have bothered to send this article to the people who still work there and both have said, it is well informed, i cannot see how you can say it isn't the truth. I could say white is white at the moment and the reply would be "no it's not". Believe what you like, but you have serious tunnel vision.
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08-08-2007, 09:02 AM
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Anyway, i don't personally know Lava man... does that mean i can't have an opinion on him?
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08-08-2007, 09:04 AM
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08-08-2007, 09:18 AM
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I wish I had time to look up all the good they do, all the positive stuff. Are you aware that at the 2001 BC they donated 100 percent of their winnings? Everything? This was on top of the huge donation for families of Sept. 11th victims ($5 million). You've acused me of horrible things - wishing harm to their horses and supporting them for supposedly running their horses into the ground - and I've tried to remain fair. You're acting like a kid on a playground who isn't getting his way, No Chance. You believe some damned piece... go ahead. If they're so satanic why on earth are you playing the 7 Stars? I'd think you'd be boycotting it. THEY ARE GOOD FOR THE SPORT. You can't convince me otherwise and neither can some piece of propaganda. Last edited by my miss storm cat : 08-08-2007 at 09:44 AM.
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08-08-2007, 09:56 AM
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That was very nice of them, i agree, but with the money they have they would do much better to give it to charities than buying everyone else's horses. They might be good for the sport in America (they haven't taken over there yet), but over here they are not good for racing. Far from it. As i have said. Tell me why they cannot compete with Coolmore, even though thay are more wealthy? I will give you the answer. Coolmore are not as greedy, they know how to run a business, and what's more..... they have a plan. Tell me why Godolphin make all these big entries costsing them hundreds (sometimes thousands) when they have no intention of running the horse? Especially when they said they were going to stop wasting money on mass entries this year (yeah, right). They do run the horses into the ground, which explains for many of the injuries their horses suffer, but they know they can just buy another to replace them. That is the attitude they have. They have already admitted that buying the competition seemed to be a good ploy. Now if that is good for racing, i don't know what is bad for racing! Hasn't worked for them though, has it! How is it good for racing when they have a runner and they are telling trainers not to run their horses because they are owned by the Sheikh or Princess Haya? As i have said, i'd really like to introduce you to the people i know. Maybe they could make you see sense. The seven stars? why shouldn't i play it. Just because i don't like the way they run a business why should i boycott it? That would be like a company saying, even though you produce the best products by far, we aren't going to buy any of them....... i mean a company would be stupid to do that.......... oh wait, that's what Godolphin did! Believe what you want, and i will believe the truth. Yeah, i'm in the playground, and you're the one stupid enough to push the swing
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Darley have lost out on severl stallion in the last few years through being too greedy (i.e. wanting to buy the stallion outright, or not at all), so i'm glad to see their position has altered somewhat. Also, with the Bolger's still having full ownership, i would imagine this would give Darley a kick up the backside to make sure they don't mess his stallion career up, because if they do, he will be at one of the other large operations very quickly. I'm surprised the shiekh hasn't got even a small percentage of ownership. I suppose it is a like a get out clause for the Bolger's. He will certainly get much more media coverage under the Darley banner, which is something i do respect them for. Their marketing is very good.
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"Financial constraints do not apply to the Sheikh. They never have, particularly where his bloodstock is concerned. Those who question the worth of Godolphin and Darley, his racing and breeding empires, do so through western eyes. And if the excesses are unpalatable to some, they matter little to one who has developed Godolphin as a promotional tool for Dubai" and "This is a free country and (people) can write what they want, but I have different ideas."
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