Douglas to have surgery following spill

[Honu]

I dont believe that the jock tried to drop Rene , it was not intentional on his part , perhaps poor judgement but nothing on purpose. Riders ride races everyday and beat other riders to holes , its part of the race and once in awhile something tragic happens. As a rider you never want to see someone else get hurt .

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Honu

I dont believe that the jock tried to drop Rene ,

I don't think anyone believes the jock tried to drop Rene. He's not supposed to come out unless he's clear of other horses. A big problem we have is that a lot of people don't have an issue with the way he rode right there. I guess there saying that this Thursday it's acceptable for another jock to have a career-ending spinal injury.

[MaTH716]

It sounds like there's some hope.

http://drf.com/news/article/104119.html

[Scav]

There is already a bunch of fundraisers out there for him. I guess all the Illinois OTB's are having something either next weekend of this weekend where you can make a bunch of bets and put them into a container, and all the winners go into a fund, plus the OTB or track will match all the losers. Pretty cool idea for such a bad situation

[jwkniska]

Originally Posted by Scav

There is already a bunch of fundraisers out there for him. I guess all the Illinois OTB's are having something either next weekend of this weekend where you can make a bunch of bets and put them into a container, and all the winners go into a fund, plus the OTB or track will match all the losers. Pretty cool idea for such a bad situation

sounds like a really good idea.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by jwkniska

sounds like a really good idea.

I am going to box my mom's birthday in every race for $1 and put them in there, it has uncanny like strength sometimes

[South Beach Luv]

Originally Posted by Scav

I am going to box my mom's birthday in every race for $1 and put them in there, it has uncanny like strength sometimes

You need a wide open race and have a few people go in on boxing the whole field in a trifecta.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by South Beach Luv

You need a wide open race and have a few people go in on boxing the whole field in a trifecta.

You just need people going in period.