Top 25 3yo's 1987-2007

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by philcski

There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY they would spray a potentially carcinogenic substance into the Belmont barns with hundreds of millions of horseflesh soon to be stabled there (let alone ANY horses).

Actually they might...but why does it only cause cancer in good horses and if something was sprayed why only these 2 stalls and why no other incidents? You would have to believe that other barns would have been sprayed with the same substance and yet there are no reports of an unusual number of cancer deaths at Belmont.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Actually they might...but why does it only cause cancer in good horses and if something was sprayed why only these 2 stalls and why no other incidents? You would have to believe that other barns would have been sprayed with the same substance and yet there are no reports of an unusual number of cancer deaths at Belmont.

exactly

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Actually they might...but why does it only cause cancer in good horses and if something was sprayed why only these 2 stalls and why no other incidents? You would have to believe that other barns would have been sprayed with the same substance and yet there are no reports of an unusual number of cancer deaths at Belmont.

Same reason as when one heavy smoker twin brother dies at 60 and the other heavy smoker twin is still going strong at 85?

Doesn't always make sense....

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

Same reason as when one heavy smoker twin brother dies at 60 and the other heavy smoker twin is still going strong at 85?

Doesn't always make sense....

None of it makes sense

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

None of it makes sense

Where is Jack Klugman when we need him?

There was a great Quincy episode involving a dead race horse.

Great lines:

- "I have to see a man about a horse. A dead horse."

- "I don't think this horse died of natural causes."

I'm pretty sure Harry Aleo probably watched Quincy.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

Where is Jack Klugman when we need him?

There was a great Quincy episode involving a dead race horse.

Great lines:

- "I have to see a man about a horse. A dead horse."

- "I don't think this horse died of natural causes."

I'm pretty sure Harry Aleo probably watched Quincy.

I want to get a Quincy style houseboat

[philcski]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Sovereign Award winner. She was really good.

I remember her being interesting at long odds in the Juvy Fillies. Ran a pretty even 5th or 6th.

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Actually they might...but why does it only cause cancer in good horses and if something was sprayed why only these 2 stalls and why no other incidents? You would have to believe that other barns would have been sprayed with the same substance and yet there are no reports of an unusual number of cancer deaths at Belmont.

They're pretty f*ckin stupid if they would do that...

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I completely agree......


....you should see the hole I put in my wall when I didn't see Dynever on anyone's list.

I laughed

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by philcski

They're pretty f*ckin stupid if they would do that...

See post 297, last sentence

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

See post 297, last sentence

I might as well spray my office tomorrow with rat poison then. Same difference, right?

The ignorance of management in this game NEVER ceases to amaze me.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Actually they might...but why does it only cause cancer in good horses and if something was sprayed why only these 2 stalls and why no other incidents? You would have to believe that other barns would have been sprayed with the same substance and yet there are no reports of an unusual number of cancer deaths at Belmont.

It would be interesting to see if there was at least a disproportionate amount of euthanized horses (for any reason) that were stabled at Belmont during the same time frame.

For the sake of argument, you might only "see" cancer in "good horses" because people are more likely to go the extra mile with their stakes horses as far as diagnosing specifically any illness that befalls them. Less valuable horses who's health spiral out of control are often put down without determining the exact cause all the time. Even Danny Vella thought his filly just had a run-of-the-mill virus until it she didn't get better. Then they pulled out all the stops.

I wonder if NYRA shells out to do necropsies all the horses that are put down in the barn area, like they do in CA.