now thats a low blow.. what a whore..

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

please buy tapita...i recommend it....

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/24486892/

[blackthroatedwind]

Another raging opportunistic checks in.

He really missed his calling as a politician.

Take his visa and ship that tosser back to England.

[pgiaco]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

please buy tapita...i recommend it....

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/24486892/

No conflict of interest there.

[zippyneedsawin]

What a joke...

[ArlJim78]

what a misleading pile of crap that article was. classic opportunistic sales rhetoric,

[pgiaco]

Reporter: Mr. Dickinson, didn't a horse suffer a fatal injury during the FIRST DAY running on your Tapeta surface at Presque Isle Downs.......
Mr. Dickinson? Mr. Dickinson?................................

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

his saddleing 5 winners at the jumps in chelting ham....without looking im sure at least 3-6 horses died ..at that festival...like a bad car salesman.."well its kind of expensive"...but hey we are worried about the poor jockeys..so..

this is exactly why the main stream media is clueless

[herkhorse]

hmmm, lets take this tragedy and capitalize on it, yeah thats it! He's in the same boat as the PETA idiots

[Danzig]

a disgusting performance. they should have called it an advertisement, not an interview.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by herkhorse

hmmm, lets take this tragedy and capitalize on it, yeah thats it! He's in the same boat as the PETA idiots

just a buzzard, circling. hey, an opportunity to sell, sell, sell.

[philcski]

Let's call a spade a spade.

He isn't a trainer and shouldn't be described as one.

[Better Than Honour]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Another raging opportunistic checks in.

He really missed his calling as a politician.

Well he really isn't an opportunist like PETA. He believes in what he is selling. PID had a pretty nice meet. I don't know if everyone should go to it but he sure has a right to push it. His surface appears to be the best surface out there if you think dirt racing needs to end.

[tiggerv]

What a douche. Trying to make a dollar off a few high profile breakdowns is pathetic.

[sumitas]

There has not been a commitment in the last year by any track to install a synthetic surface. When is the right time to discuss replacing dirt ? Good article, thanks hooves.

[KY_Sasquash]

I wish somebody would tell one of the authors of these pieces for NBC, NY Times, etc....about horses like Drill Down, Teuflesberg, Crown of Thorns, Into Mischief, Georgie Boy, etc.....it's the one fact that's completely being ignored-plenty of horses have been injured on the synthetic surfaces (soft tissue and tendon injuries), too. Its part of the game.

[SniperSB23]

Here's a novel concept. How about a dirt track with high breakdown rates spend as much money as it would take to put in a synthetic surface on creating a much safer dirt surface? Then let's see what happens to the breakdown rates. I bet they'll drop just as much as they have on the synthetics. And we'll still have dirt racing. What did Saratoga have last year, maybe one breakdown on the dirt? All I remember was the Frankel filly in the Ballerina who likely broke her hip coming out of the gate which could have happened running on pavement or marshmallows.

[MaTH716]

The guy is a douche. He is just trying to capitalize on a tradgedy. Reminds me of the guy that tried to sell parachutes to companies and skyscrapers after 9/11. It is just an unfortunate occurance that can not be prevented no matter what they run on.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Of course you won't answer, because that would force you to actually discuss something, which you have proven over and over again you are incapable of doing. Sort of ironic, considering that's the point of these message boards in the first place. But anyway, what about the horses that broke down on Tapeta? Who can we blame for that, since really all you are trying to do is place blame on accidents?

MD blamed it on the fact the horse had been previously training on dirt;
without any problems, I might add.

[packerbacker7964]

I wish someone could look up the breakdown %'s to the type, age and level the runner was that went down. Like 3 year old colt $20,000 claimer. I wonder what the Bell curve is?