"Spaced" Races And "Fresh" Horses Are Killing The Sport

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Five Star Derek

Most horses who run are hurt in some way, that is a fact. This is the unfortunate part of our business. There is no question that there are many trainers that do insensitive and dangerous things to horses by running them with certain conditions which could border on criminal. There would be no racing if only completely sound horses would be aloud to run. Sometimes a simple quarter crack could turn into a catestrophic injury by slightly altering a horse running style. Is that criminal or is it a judgement call gone wrong?

Yes, everything you are saying is true.

But with regard to Afleet alex, I certainly don't think that Ritchey thought that Alex had a fracture before the Belmont. They discovered the injury after the Belmont and they are guessing that he sustained the injury in the Preakness. That is their best guess. They don't know it for sure.

[Five Star Derek]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

Yes, everything you are saying is true.

But with regard to Afleet alex, I certainly don't think that Ritchey thought that Alex had a fracture before the Belmont. They discovered the injury after the Belmont and they are guessing that he sustained the injury in the Preakness. That is their best guess. They don't know it for sure.

Rupert-I never implied or wrote in any previous threads that Ritchey thought Alex had a fracture before the Belmont. Only that AA was injured to some degree in the Preakness. This of course is all speculation on everybody's part. I just think the connections know their horse well and think they would know better than all of us.