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11-03-2007, 10:55 PM
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11-03-2007, 10:56 PM
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I think it's tough for people to remember back to just last year, when this horse was winning every G1 thrown his way. Now, he's relegated to G2's and non graded stakes, and not running to his old self's capabilities. Granted, those G1's were all in Cali, but those were the horses put in his way, and he handled them accordingly. This just isn't the case anymore. He lacks his closing kick, his bread and butter. The ability to sit nicely with a tactical trip, and then pounce on the pace setters, leaving them in his dust. When a horse of his calibur loses that, it's time to hang it up. Not enter him in any race just to gather purse money. In his prime, the boy could run. Noone can ever take that away from him. Could't ship if his life depended on it, but that's how the game goes sometimes. When your entered in a claimer race one year and then accrue as much as he did the next few, what more can we ask of him? Here's to a great California career.
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11-03-2007, 11:18 PM
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i've been thinking it's time to give him a break. rest him up a while. he hasn't had time off in a while....
freshen him up. then we'll see. besides, this sport is too quick to send a horse to retirement. just give him a bit of r and r. then see how he does.
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11-03-2007, 11:39 PM
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Forget The Rest, Retire The Old Warrior, Greed Kills!
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11-03-2007, 11:43 PM
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greed? i thought those who retired a horse after about eight starts were greedy?? if the horse is sound, i say again, there is NO reason to retire him. maybe he feels as i do right now, sick to death of where i work. at times it gets that way, hopefully for him and me both, it will pass.... give him a break, then see. but enough please with the 'greed' comments. people don't get into racing for GREED, they oftentimes get OUT due to the red ink.
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11-04-2007, 12:16 AM
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11-04-2007, 12:18 AM
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i think he just needs a break. i do! have the week after t'giving off. if i make it that long. looking forward to 11 days off. if i don't just walk out first.
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11-04-2007, 01:56 AM
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There are plenty of horses with much worse decline in form than Lava Man that are still running.
He could still like to race and it's just that he's slow.
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11-04-2007, 06:28 AM
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Definitely should have a break, at least until next spring, and a thorough going over from a vet. Let him just be a horse for a while. It can work wonders for the attitude.
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11-04-2007, 09:05 AM
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11-04-2007, 09:30 AM
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Oneill quotes in bloodhorse article that he is going to get some rest at a farm. I would think that when he does come back around Hollywood Park time he will be pointed to turf races on the pool table course....
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11-04-2007, 09:45 AM
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11-04-2007, 10:29 AM
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It's so ironic that people want to have it both ways -- greed sends horses to the breeding shed way to early and it ruins the sport and the business. On the other hand, running Lava Man, when he has clearly done enough is pure greed on the owners part, and that of course ruins the sport and the business. What BS.
His performance on the racetrack was not consistent with what he's been doing in the mornings, how he's been acting, etc. -- so now he's headed to the farm. It has nothing to do with greed. The owners will do right by this horse -- period. Doug O'Neil will do right by this horse -- period. Now carry on with your BS. Eric
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11-04-2007, 10:30 AM
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