The Michael Gill/Penn National Riders Saga

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Originally Posted by ARyan

I know the Mig story well, and we all know the inherent risk in racing. Even the PG's of this board are not ignorant or, perhaps in your case, arrogant enough to not realize this is a sport where breakdowns happen but this is a differnt case.

This is a case of an owner and his team of trainers are not caring about the horses and/or those who ride. He would rather win at 20%, and turn profits, then care for the issues at hand. Gill and crew are creating an environment where the inherited risk of racing is multiplied by the actions of Gill himself, his training staff and those who let those horses race. To think this is just part of racing is wrong, this is a man who cares about making a buck more then the lives of his horses, his jocks, his excercise riders, and those who are on the track with him. He is no different than Paragallo and others who should be banned from the sport.

The alarming rate at which he has horses going down has even the jockey colony at Penn National running scared, trainers reaching out to track managment and yet you think this is something that is just part of the sport and should not be looked at any other way?

Good post.