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08-30-2006, 12:54 PM
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The MNR guy? I always wonder how they got an Aussie to middle of no where West Virginia.
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08-30-2006, 01:13 PM
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This is all class from top to bottom: Horses, trainers, owners, jockeys, announcer, etc. They are just good for racing and better for the human spirit.
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08-30-2006, 02:57 PM
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Racing needs to find a way to project this image, the human side, the caring side, to the media and the general public. Vics telling of his visit is so compelling. The sport is bigger than just gambling. Do stories such as this one eminate from the casino industry? I don't think so.
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08-31-2006, 09:18 AM
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... I'd wager that more than a few gamblers, croupiers, and cokctail waitresses contract cancer ... and make valiant efforts to overcome it. I'll bet if someone looked hard enough ... they'd find a few stories like that.
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08-31-2006, 10:26 AM
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What i was referring to is more the industry reaction to it. The racing world just seems to me more close-knit, more compassionate. Not based on anything other than my gut so i could be wrong. In the casino business do you really find heart-warming stories of how the casino owners, fellow gamblers and ****tail waitresses rally around in support of a stricken comrade? I can picture a big board in front of the slot machines where well wishers would sign cards and leave flowers for Eugene the stricken blackjack dealer. Are there equivalent stories of people like the Jacksons or Mr Aleo? Maybe there are I hope so. It just seems like it may be a more bottom line oriented, colder business. (oops so c*cktail is a bad word now?)
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08-31-2006, 10:47 AM
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Thanks scavs. I really hope this horse makes it. I agree in that I think that LITF's and Barbaro's situations bring the horse racing community closer together ArlJIm. I mean, these horses are our heros!
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