Originally Posted by Bababooyee

What about horseshoes? Do you put those on your horse? For some reason, they haven't evolved to have horseshoes in their natural environment, but we use those.

What about Lasix and other similar drugs? Somehow they haven't evolved to handle the stress of racing we put them under...but (a) we still race them in a manner "foreign" to what they would otherwise encounter in nature and (b) drug them so they can handle it and even perform better...

How far are you willing to take your logic? Is Ned Ludd in your bloodline?


It seems to me that the people who are as strongly against poly have a very strong financial interest in its demise as the track owners installing it..."its impossible to handicap" (ie I can't win money on it)..."changes breeding" (ie my "proven" bloodline horse(s) will be worth less)...too hard to figure out how to train for it (ie I am not gonna make money with my horse on it). But those installing it are the evil ones all in it for the money...

Until or unless everyone gets real, cool off, and are willing to be rational and intellectually honest about this topic, wtf is the point. It all turns into a great big internet pissing match and/or conspriacy theory discussion that would make the president of the John Birch Society blush.