Why does this feel like a mistake...

[Riot]

Honu, I think we have become so far removed from being an agricultural society, that a basic level of "animal common sense", as you relate, probably doesn't exist any more to any great extent.

[Honu]

Originally Posted by Riot

Honu, I think we have become so far removed from being an agricultural society, that a basic level of "animal common sense", as you relate, probably doesn't exist any more to any great extent.

Do you really think the non-common sense people are going to read the data anyway , Im just sayin.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Honu

Do you really think the non-common sense people are going to read the data anyway , Im just sayin.

True, but what about the best of both worlds?

When I was a teenager, the old horsemen used to drench colic horses with a turpentine/linseed oil mixture. No wonder so many did poorly!

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Riot

Honu, I think we have become so far removed from being an agricultural society, that a basic level of "animal common sense", as you relate, probably doesn't exist any more to any great extent.

If this is definitively true and furthermore is prevalent amongst even those who can claim to be "horsemen" (basically anyone with fingerprints and $20-$100), then you've solved the majority of racing's problems. Racing jurisdicitions just need to be more severe with regards to evaluating candidates for racing licenses (particularly trainers and their assistants).

Of course, theoretically, that would also mean that all this research (geared towards telling said horsemen when and when not to run their horses) would become moot.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Of course, theoretically, that would also mean that all this research (geared towards telling said horsemen when and when not to run their horses) would become moot.

I think the research is more fairly described as as trying to improve the health and safety of the TB racehorse, especially in a world that contains PETA.

[Honu]

Originally Posted by Riot

I think the research is more fairly described as as trying to improve the health and safety of the TB racehorse, especially in a world that contains PETA.

You cant improve on stupid and there are more than enough people with a licence that really should not be around horses and this goes for riders , trainers and the whole lot.
The data can try and improve the health and safety of horses but when its not reaching people who are to dumb to even know they are dumb whats the point?
I watched a trainer here at S.A. one morning send a horse out to work with standing bandages still on it , Im not kidding and really the dumbazz pinhead that was on it didnt even know until I pointed it out. Just one example , the other being watching a trainer jog a horse on a shank with the bandages still on with mud up to its knee's , I tell you the poster was very correct when they said their need to be more stringent standards of applicants.