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My understanding is that in Japan or Hong Kong you are given way more information about horses (weight, vet visits etc.) and I am all for that, but it will never happen as the expense and monumental task of figuring out how to take that on is just too great. Besides the fact that there would probably be a giant overreaction by people who don't understand some of the basic things that are done to keep horses comfortable. I don't know why Pletcher takes a strong stand against informing what is going on with horses in his barn. Perhaps that would be a good question for someone to ask the next time they sit him down for an interview? Repole is working hard to market a product and whether you agree/support or whatever, it is something this industry badly needs since most of the decision makers in this industry are too busy shooting themselves in the foot. It is very hard to market a horse because anything can happen and I think him and/or Pletcher deciding to offer explaination is a good thing. I joke about Mo's facebook page all of the time, but I also thought it was pretty stand-up for Repole to post within hours of Mo's loss in the Wood. The best laid plans don't always see fruitation and it is not easy to admit that. |
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Like I said before, I think this release was all his idea and Pletcher and no choice but to comply to what the owner here wanted to do.
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![]() The sport has so few good horses that when what might be a good horse scraps he knee we all feel we deserve the information on how he did it when it will heal etc etc. To steal a term from a dear friend..How boorish..
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Some of the stuff they'd print in the old days was great ... "I've kissed the farm goodbye. Coulter has discharged me as a trainer" "Coulter's a worse trainer than I am. I'm bad, too" "Everything I have - except old Bramble - is for sale. There's no price on Bramble" |
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![]() Everything will be forgiven in two weeks when the dapples appear. Of course, the double-secret surgery conspiracy theorists will still toe the party line, but they will be dismissed as fringe players. Who will be the first to announce the dapples: Haskin, or Uncle Mo on his facebook page?
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Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really don't want me to go down there! |