I can't deal with the lows of horse racing. Taking a break.

[Robert Goren]

Originally Posted by JBmadera

I thinking all these folks are just pulling our collective legs, right? Otherwise several z freaks are seriously under medicated.

my all time favorite saying in this game "there's always fresh".

hell, charles town is running, let's get back to 'capping and see if we can pick the winner in the 3rd race.

If you are betting charles town, you should take a break.

[olddaddy]

I have been through admitted stiff jobs, illegal jockey devices, illegal medicated horses, horses being switched etc. Those are things that could turn someone away from racing. One great horse beating another great horse is what makes racing exciting.

[WinterTriangle]

Sorry you feel so bad, Zippy.

Highs and lows are what horseracing is all about, any sport, I feel it in tennis, too. Heck, even love, relationships, marriage---all have highs and lows.

That's why we get so much out of these things.

If racing brings you no pleasure right now, by all means, take a break.

Originally Posted by Cubbymac26

Awwwww the big z lost she ran the race of her life got beat by a gorilla in his backyard and ur quitting the game cuz of this...go ahead

I have always thought that the one thing you can't question is people's "feelings". It's not really something that should be up for debate.

People feel what they feel, and feelings are very authentic, for everyone.

Telling someone how to think, by pointing out fallacies in thought processes, or points they may not have considered is one thing.

Telling people they shouldn't or should feel X or Y, seems utterly absurd to me.

[Zippy Chippy]

Originally Posted by olddaddy

I have been through admitted stiff jobs, illegal jockey devices, illegal medicated horses, horses being switched etc. Those are things that could turn someone away from racing. One great horse beating another great horse is what makes racing exciting.

Agreed. I told some of my friends if Zenyatta is flying at the end and loses by a nose im going to be inconsolable! Its exactly what happened! not to be overdramatic but the rest of my life would have been gravy if she got up in time.. ughhh.

[cpitt84]

Originally Posted by Zippy Chippy

not to be overdramatic but the rest of my life would have been gravy if she got up in time.. ughhh.

gosh, i feel the same way. There is such a high when she wins and the whole world just looks better.

Definitely my drug!

[DJofSD]

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

[The_Knight_Sky]

Originally Posted by WinterTriangle

People feel what they feel, and feelings are very authentic, for everyone.

After 25 years of following horse racing ...
I am now authentically feeling jaded and indifferent.