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Old 05-11-2009, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Payson Dave
Lotta talk about Sportsmanship in this current thread.... however in reviewing "The Big Contest Thread" (http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/sho...=26156&page=19) it would seem that in at least some horseracing contests it is apparently ok for "Sportsmanship" to take a back seat to "Do Whatever It Takes To Win"....seems that Hossy insured his win by using hrfans picks to insure that he would not lose the contest ... he certainly was not lacking in support in that less than sporting decision...
Ooh, good find, especially given the enormous impact on horse racing as an entire sport this could have had if only Hossy would have had a little sportsmanship.


















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