Chop Chop moves tack to SoCal

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Hey Rupert-

Check out the article printed above and what is your response to the bolded, underlined text?

Checkmate pal.

That's hardly check mate. You haven't countered any of my arguments. I've countered practically every argument you've made.

After reading that article, I would say that there could be some truth to some of the stuff you are saying. It's only an article though. Sports writers are known for hyperbole. The problem with the article is there's not a single quote from a single trainer in that article. There wasn't even one trainer that he could quote that confirmed his hypothesis as to the cause of Desormeaux's downfall. If there were quotes from at least a few trainers saying that they think that Kent is a great jock but they won't ride him because of his work ethic, then you would at least have some evidence that some trainers out there confirm what you are saying.

I thought the article in 1995 said that he was getting his act together and working hard. Your articles have done just as much damage to your argument as they have helped your argument. If the trainers truly think he has so much talent and their only problem with him is his work ethic, then they would have started to ride him again after they saw that he was working hard again. The fact that trainers still would not ride him even when his attitude and work ethic were good is evidence that the problem was with his riding rather than his work ethic. I guess I can say "check mate" now.