Bluegrass Cat Retired

[todko]

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

Again oracle, I was never blaming EW or TP for trying to get one more race out of the horse. I would have done the same thing. It is all part of the game.

They knew he was bad, but I don't think they knew he was that bad. It doesn't make sense that they would risk killing him for one more race. And they damn near did kill him.

And it really was Pletcher who smoozed everyone about how great BC was going to run. You can't blame it all on the farm.

You wonder where the racing press is too. Nobody that interviewed Pletcher that day even mentioned the wraps. You know, if they said something like, "Hey, WTF does Bluegrass Cat have front wraps on today?" maybe people like Pletcher and Walden would be more reluctant to pull that smoke and mirrors act in the future.

This is a good thread and a lot of people here made very good points.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by todko

They knew he was bad, but I don't think they knew he was that bad. It doesn't make sense that they would risk killing him for one more race. And they damn near did kill him.

And it really was Pletcher who smoozed everyone about how great BC was going to run. You can't blame it all on the farm.

This is a good thread and a lot of people here made very good points.

Yeah, I don't think that they thought that he was that bad either. In fact, as others have said, there is a very good chance that leg that he broke wasn't the one that was initially bothering him. These animals are just too damn fragile.