Frustration?

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by freddymo

I think the American Horse Council is basically a paid organization hired by "the industry" hence take whatever they have to say with a BIG grain of salt and reduce all the fig's 20%..

Actually, they are a very important group that cuts across all equine areas and have quietly been very helpful to the thoroughbred game.

[Better Than Honour]

Horse racing will survive this like everything. Groups like PETA use these tragedies to raise money.

Horse racing does have a huge drug problem though. There is no denying it and the industry refuses to deal with it. Baseball had a similar problem and made some efforts. Until horse racing has universal rules about drug testing and until horse racing has random drug tests that test for EVERYTHING and are administered by a group like the federal government, it will be plagued with a reputation as a dirty sport.

In baseball the two biggest stars Clemens and Bonds are tainted. In horse racing the sport's two biggest stars are with two trainers that have been caught cheating multiple times. The horses are probably 100% clean but the way guys like Asmussen and Dutrow got the top owners to give them horses is due to their success rate. That success rate must be questioned. That is the way it is. Horse racing rewards cheating and until it doesn't the sport will be tossed right in there with boxing, cycling,and track and field.

[FGFan]

Thank you to both Andy and Richard Migliore for your well put insights.

Richard...I had also immediately wondered about a possible heart attack and appreciate you taking the time to tell us what you saw from a position most of us here could never see. May the racing gods be with you and keep you safe, and may our sport recover from this tragic event and the nonsense that has ensued.

btw, BTW when are getting some more movies?

[mnmark]

Thanks for sharing such positive thoughts. Its too bad that these types of thoughts or observations are to few and far between. It makes posts like this that much more appreciated.

[sumitas]

Thank you Betterthanhonor and Parsixfarm for your side of the fragmented state of horse racing in the USA. This seems to be a fair and balanced discussion on this thread.

[clyde]

Originally Posted by FGFan

Thank you to both Andy and Richard Migliore for your well put insights.

Richard...I had also immediately wondered about a possible heart attack and appreciate you taking the time to tell us what you saw from a position most of us here could never see. May the racing gods be with you and keep you safe, and may our sport recover from this tragic event and the nonsense that has ensued.

btw, BTW when are getting some more movies?

Nice brown nosing.

How many points yew got fer that one?..What's the Bayers ?

[clyde]

Andy,

Great post that really got me thinking.




Oh my God.


Such brownieness.......your brain must have been quite surprised.

[FGFan]

Originally Posted by clyde

Nice brown(ie) nosing.

How many points yew got fer that one?..What's the Bayers ?

Don't you have some dust mites that you have to herd up and tattoo?

Really your putzing around in a thread almost 2 years old, little bored are ya.....

Brownie points yes, loved that horsey!!!!

[Sightseek]

He's not bored.


He's frusterated.....and came here to get help.

[clyde]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

He's not bored.


He's frusterated.....and came here to get help.

..uh....frusterated??..is that some new word you have invented?......but anyhoo------oh just shut up.

[TheSpyder]

Thought it may be good to bring back this appropriate thread!

What the heck has been going on around here?

[clyde]

Originally Posted by FGFan

Don't you have some dust mites that you have to herd up and tattoo?

Really your putzing around in a thread almost 2 years old, little bored are ya.....

Brownie points yes, loved that horsey!!!!

I thought you were groupying...I hate groupies ,as you know.


Never heard of 'em.




Crinkle...


trash can.