I'm sorry. I misunderstood this whole situation on
the President's Cup. I've been told I don't have a clue and I should let up.
I didn't know that having tons of money made it ok.
Ok to push animals to perform under extreme
conditions. Ok because the money is there to research making it possible to push
animals to extreme conditions. Ok because the money is there to send them off
into "greener pastures" when they can't perform so extremely anymore. Ok because
that is the way they do it over there and because they have all that money. Ok
to be able to still call it a "sport".
This is what I am hearing from our own members. I'm
disappointed and a tad bit scared.
If I had a billion dollars and started running
my horses at those speeds, what would you all say to ME? If I told you my
vet staff and I did research and found we could make these horses run at that
extreme speed what would you say to ME? If I run 5 horses and 4 get pulled for
lameness, what would you say to ME? If I tell you all that I found good homes
for the 4 that were "retired" what would you say to ME? And if I told you it
was OK because that is the way they do it overseas, what then, would say to
me?
