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Originally Posted by Tom
If I owned him, I would have wrapped him in bubble wrap in the winner's circle at Belmont and he would be hidden from view today - never to run again.
With that much money at stake, screw being a good sport for racing.
It is business, not a sport.
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And one could suppose THAT is part of racings’ problem, that is, IT IS A BUSINESS....and NO LONGER A SPORT...as in the sport of Kings that it started as....
Yeah, a business of consortiums, of conglomerates, a business of team making, and team building, and accountants, and frankenhorses and later, on to the breeding sheds. Any wonder the brightest candles burn the quickest...?
