Why Super Frolic matters

[Swap Fliparoo]

He earned black type at 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7... very unusual these days. $933,000... almost a millionaire.

Much as i look warily on Asmussen's training, is the Tapeta surface any factor in yet another breakdown? or is it happening at the same rate as dirt tracks?

What a shame.

[sumitas]

I beleive this is the first Tapeta track. I hope there is a reason that can be identified for the injury. The chart indicates the injury happened very early in the race.

[NoChanceToDance]

Is it wrong to be saddened by the death of every racehorse that has tried, that has done their job whether they wanted to or not. Is it wrong to become emotionally attached to horses that you see at the track and for some reason they stick out from the others?

If it wasn't for the horses, where would be be? Afterall, it's called HORSEracing, or did a number of you forget that?

The horses are the backbone to this sport, but what thanks do they get? None, zip, zlich, nil point.

If you don't become emotionally attached and simply look at racehorses as betting potential, then that's fine, but don't take it out on the people that DO care.

[CoronadosQuest]

Originally Posted by Swap Fliparoo

He earned black type at 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7... very unusual these days. $933,000... almost a millionaire.

Just to correct this for you, Super Frolic earned $1.4 million dollars on the racetrack. He surely was a solid performer thats for sure, though his best year was in 2005 when he won the Hawthorne Gold Cup and was 4th in the 2005 BC Classic.

42 Starts: 11 - 5 - 7, $1,456,334

[sumitas]

He truly earned a career at stud, somewhere. He honestly had done enough. He was a well known horse in the game and deserved much better.