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Originally Posted by Kasept

What he knows about are elder horses. With arthritic joints. And Lava Man has them because EVERY HORSE HIS AGE HAS THEM. Chuck is certainly correct that those who seem excited beyond comprehension at this fiasco in the making don't get the point. The downside of this vanity driven effort, which comes in direct contradiction to the connections announced plans for the horse, is far greater than the upside.

Are those that don't like the idea rooting against Lava Man returning and competing at a high level or guaranteeing a devastating injury? No.. The argument against this derives from the potential that this has, however small or large, to be an embarrassment or humiliation for the game.

The horse in question was a star, and if something bad should happen to him as a result of this longshot expirement, it will be used in a high profile manner by the sport's detractors. The connections handled this very poorly. As previously mentioned, if this was the plan, then it should have been made known from the moment they decided they were going to try to go this route. But instead, they misrepresented themselves to Michael Blowen, Old Friends and the public by saying, as recently as August mind you, that Lava Man was going to their facility.

i can certainly see where this would be an issue. honestly, when he didn't show up last fall right after the announcement was made, i felt something was up. perhaps they didn't want to announce what they were really doing until they saw results, but they certainly shouldn't have continued with that charade.