Praying for Cash retired

Originally Posted by LARHAGE

I would say this is a better arguement if we knew for a fact that Praying for Cash trained and raced exclusively on Polytrack, the fact of the matter is he didn't. I don't think it's been determined the Polytrack caused the breakdown, same with Noble Stella, she trained for years on dirt, it is probably a case for both of them that the injuries just came to the surface with time, certainly not immediately upon setting foot on Polytrack.

This horse ran on hard tracks at Gulfstream Park and wnet all up and down the eastern sea-board without any problems running his arse off in races like the Haskell at Monmouth - and yet in his first start over the Polytrack he breaks down and is done.......hmmmmmm....safer?

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

This horse ran on hard tracks at Gulfstream Park and wnet all up and down the eastern sea-board without any problems running his arse off in races like the Haskell at Monmouth - and yet in his first start over the Polytrack he breaks down and is done.......hmmmmmm....safer?

wasn't it also his first start for his new trainer?

Originally Posted by paisjpq

wasn't it also his first start for his new trainer?

Yeah, and Kelly Breen is twice the horseman that Todd Pletcher is, right?

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

Yeah, and Kelly Breen is twice the horseman that Todd Pletcher is, right?

better or worse...makes no difference...they have different styles of training which can result in different outcomes for their horses...I am not saying TP broke down the horse...because that argument would make about as much sense as your argument that he broke down the first time he ran on poly, as though he wouldn't have on dirt...they are both stupid.

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

better or worse...makes no difference...they have different styles of training which can result in different outcomes for their horses...I am not saying TP broke down the horse...because that argument would make about as much sense as your argument that he broke down the first time he ran on poly, as though he wouldn't have on dirt...they are both stupid.

this was my point mike

Originally Posted by paisjpq

wasn't it also his first start for his new trainer?

yeah no way Todd knows what hes doing. That 23 mill hes earned this year is all a fluke.

[LARHAGE]

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

This horse ran on hard tracks at Gulfstream Park and wnet all up and down the eastern sea-board without any problems running his arse off in races like the Haskell at Monmouth - and yet in his first start over the Polytrack he breaks down and is done.......hmmmmmm....safer?

This is exactly my point, you don't think racing on those hard tracks can just as easily have caused wear and tear and just became the proverbial straw? If he ran on nothing but Poly than you have a point, the fact is he hardly did at all.

Originally Posted by LARHAGE

This is exactly my point, you don't think racing on those hard tracks can just as easily have caused wear and tear and just became the proverbial straw? If he ran on nothing but Poly than you have a point, the fact is he hardly did at all.

The fact is that he was fine before he ran on Polytrack....now he's retired

Originally Posted by LARHAGE

This is exactly my point, you don't think racing on those hard tracks can just as easily have caused wear and tear and just became the proverbial straw? If he ran on nothing but Poly than you have a point, the fact is he hardly did at all.

Then you disgaree with the trainers and owners Ive spoken to that say soft tissue and rear end problems are defninitely occurring on this stuff.