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Originally Posted by Riot
But they had a horse to protect. A horse that has to live another two decades with what racing does to his legs. They chose Horse. Not Money, not Legend.
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I understand that and I'm not saying they did the wrong thing. I guess I'm looking at it from a different perspective. I don't know if you watch other sports or not but situations often come up where a guy is injured and if it was a meaningless game, he'd probably sit out and rest or get surgery but when big stakes are on the line (playoff spots, championships, etc.), they play through the injury. I remember a Celtics team in the mid-80s. Kevin McHale and Robert Parish were playing with busted up feet and both required surgery after the season. They both played through the injuries because they knew that they were facing opportunities that might not come again. That's kind of how I'm looking at this situation with IHA. If you tell me that racing him again is definitely going to hurt him long term, maybe even be catastrophic, of course I'd say don't do it. If you tell me that he could run again and come out of the race ok but maybe not run again, I wonder if that's not a chance worth taking? I admit that I'm not the horse lover that a lot of you are on here so I'm going to be more willing to take chances while most of you will err on the side of caution.
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06-11-2012, 06:44 PM
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