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General Category => General Harness Racing Discussion => Topic started by: Elgin on March 25, 2012, 12:31:40 PM
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Mangled horses, maimed jockeys: Death and disarray at America's racetracks
'In humans you never see someone snap their leg off running in the Olympics. But you see it in horse racing,' says equine medical director for the California Racing Board
By WALT BOGDANICH, JOE DRAPE, DARA L. MILES and GRIFFIN PALMER
updated 3/25/2012 10:18:46 AM ET
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46848067/ns/politics-the_new_york_times/
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Ty Elgin. Sad state of affairs these games are in.
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I could have sworn Hal posted about this
OK it was in the tbred section I'm not going as crazy as I thought.
They completely ignored harness it looks like but no one that pays attention to the whole industry would probably notice. No mention of how some are quarter horse also.
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I could have sworn Hal posted about this
Unfortunately, the cancellation of Luck has prompted several pieces like this, but this particular article was published today.
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Unfortunately, the cancellation of Luck has prompted several pieces like this, but this particular article was published today.
Very sad days for racing.
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Unfortunately, the cancellation of Luck has prompted several pieces like this, but this particular article was published today.
Luck brought some stuff to the limelight that many racetrack managers and hierarchy would have loved to keep locked away.
This could be a good spot to turn a new leaf, I really hope those guys listen rather then sweep it under the rug.