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12-22-2007, 04:17 PM
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Thank you.
Some great names on this list, I hope they will remain great wherever they might be right now. These past few weeks have caused heartbreak for many racing fans in the UK, The deaths of Granit Jack, Detroit City and Macs Joy touched the hearts of even the most unforgiving racing fan. I haven't been able to get into National Hunt racing since and for the first time in many years, I'm not looking forward to Cheltenham or Aintree next year. It has come to the stage where I'm just hoping every horse gets around and comes back safe, which isn't how this sport should be. I saw Granit Jack in the paddock before his great second in the Supreme Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham in March, not knowing that the next time he would appear in the same paddock he would be moments from his death  This is the final time I saw him in the flesh. Sleep well big man.
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12-22-2007, 05:11 PM
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Thank you for posting this.
I feel all of our warriors should be remembered, but unfortunately there is no readily accessable list of names. So many fall through the cracks. Inesperado also fell this year.
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12-22-2007, 06:50 PM
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thats fng depressing... poor horses.....massuesd owes me and a team money......guess we will how to w it off..rip
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12-22-2007, 06:55 PM
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Thank you for your persistent concern. Let us all pray the list will be much shorter next year. God Bless all our heroic horses.
"Pose for me there before you depart, And I'll paint your fair picture on my lonely heart." Last edited by sumitas : 12-22-2007 at 07:06 PM. |
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12-22-2007, 07:32 PM
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12-22-2007, 08:25 PM
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Sanctimony knows no bounds.
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12-22-2007, 08:28 PM
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The horses (besides the ones already on the list) that broke down at Bay Meadows this past year:
Cards Speak He's Storming Imperial Eyes (the horse Russell Baze was whipping to excess and was then suspended for) R.I.P. and thank you, to all of these horses, for the joy (and sometimes sorrow) that you brought to us.
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