Why Super Frolic matters

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

but don't dare start a thread saying that you liked a horse and felt he was good for the sport.

Actual, in total, Super Frolic's story is not particularly good for the sport. Here's an overachieving but ultimately outclassed stakes horse who earned $1 million and was retired to stud. But because there was not enough initial interest("...we felt the numbers still wouldn’t give him his best chance to succeed as a sire”), he was put back in training. Then he fatally broke down after just 3 races while running at 2nd and 3rd tier tracks.

[largo1]

f you did ask them, what kind of a response do you think you would get?
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Uh, DOH! I would venture to say that 99% of all horses would chose grazing in a pasture over being in training at the racetrack. Was this a serious question or do you *really* not know a damn thing about horses?

And to cmorioles, you do that. I hope you have a lot of pasture. No, this is not the PETA board. It's a board for the sport of horseracing, which includes those who just love horses and those who just love gambling. It's kind of like a "checks and balances" system. If either side gets all the power, horseracing is dead. And oh yeah, some of us love horses and gambling. It can be done. Have a little compassion.

Suzanne

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Let's cut MMSC some slack...she is genuine with her feelings when it comes to the thoroughbred horse.
A lot more people should be too.....



just my opinion.....

[largo1]

It was obviously a very serious question. Very.


Lol, now I *know* you are FOS!!!

Suzanne

[sumitas]

It took you this long ?

[FGFan]

Originally Posted by largo1

No, this is not the PETA board. It's a board for the sport of horseracing, which includes those who just love horses and those who just love gambling. It's kind of like a "checks and balances" system. If either side gets all the power, horseracing is dead. And oh yeah, some of us love horses and gambling. It can be done. Have a little compassion.

Suzanne

I would definitely fall into that category.

People can care about horses and still love gambling on them. We just look at it differently. Takes alot of different people to make up this world.

But I still don't understand jumping someone for saying they cared about a horse.
I cared about what happened to Super Frolic and many other forums were looking for news. So he had a lot of fans out there in horseracing land.

If people don't like the post dont read it, it's not like there weren't many other posts being made today not regarding Super Frolic.

The animosity still baffles me. Doesn't matter if she is "new" to the game. I'm not new, my daddy brought me to the track before I could speak. I still care what happens to them.

[sumitas]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Go have another drink

Cheers , to your health...

[largo1]

Originally Posted by sumitas

It took you this long ?

I are slow.

[largo1]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Go have another drink

Generally speaking, if I'm posting here I *am* having another drink. But I guess I can have ONE MORE.

Suzanne

[_ed_]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

As a lover of horses, catastrophic breakdowns will always bring tears to my eyes. I understand how some of you might feel about that because some of us are horse players and some of us are horse lovers. I think it was blackthroatedwind who told me that I wasn't a real bettor, and he's right. I don't suppose I ever will be, but I do think there's a place in horseracing for both kinds of people. I'm not going to look down upon those who don't feel the same way about it as I do, but understand that there are those like me (and MMSC) that feel an emotional attachment to these animals because they died doing something that WE made them do. I love this sport and won't ever stop watching it, but I still feel like we owe some kind of respect for the animals that make HORSEracing what it's all about.

Great post. I'm in this bracket too...in fact I don't bet at all.

Very sorry to hear about Super Frolic.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by largo1

Generally speaking, if I'm posting here I *am* having another drink. But I guess I can have ONE MORE.

Suzanne

well, if you're imbibing--a toast to suzanne, new farm owner! i'm having wine, cheers!!

I get e-mail alerts for every horse that dies in the world.

This is how I feel everyday...

Originally Posted by largo1

Generally speaking, if I'm posting here I *am* having another drink. But I guess I can have ONE MORE.

Suzanne

Do you type your name in case you forget it and need to go back to previous posts for reference?

[largo1]

Originally Posted by FGFan

I would definitely fall into that category.

People can care about horses and still love gambling on them. We just look at it differently. Takes alot of different people to make up this world.

But I still don't understand jumping someone for saying they cared about a horse.
I cared about what happened to Super Frolic and many other forums were looking for news. So he had a lot of fans out there in horseracing land.

If people don't like the post dont read it, it's not like there weren't many other posts being made today not regarding Super Frolic.

The animosity still baffles me. Doesn't matter if she is "new" to the game. I'm not new, my daddy brought me to the track before I could speak. I still care what happens to them.

Nice, thanks FGFAN. I also love both aspects. And sometimes(ok, many times) because of my primary love, which is horses, I feel at odds with my secondary love, which is horseracing. One could see how this could happen.

In any case, I appreciate MMSC's threads immensely. But if I didn't, I would just skip them. If you don't "get" those threads,,, that's okay. They're not written for you.
Suzanne

[largo1]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Do you type your name in case you forget it and need to go back to previous posts for reference?

Absolutely! Very good. That, and I'm hoping to start a new trend here on DerbyTrail.

Suzanne(plus I love the sight of my name)(picture it in lights on broadway)

[largo1]

Yes, Cardus!! Very well done. That is my intention. I've been known to mesmerize the unsuspecting into a *coma* with my use of the asterick mark. But, notice, I don't always use it. I like to switch it up with quotation marks and caps.

I roll like that.
Suzanne(eff it, I'll *never* stop it now)

[largo1]

Originally Posted by Danzig

well, if you're imbibing--a toast to suzanne, new farm owner! i'm having wine, cheers!!

Thanks Danzig!!!
I'm having wine as well. The new farm is coming along nicely. I just made a 150 mile trek today to pick up 6 gates, some stock tanks and a couple more rolls of Centaur fence. I shamed the poor guy out of a feed scoop, a big-@$$ pumpkin and a bunch of pens with the business name.

And I see that you are a Redskins fan??¿¿ Me too, born and raised in D.C./suburban Md.
*Suzanne*(Ha!)

[largo1]

*abso****inglutely*

[FGFan]

Cajun said...I think it was blackthroatedwind who told me that I wasn't a real bettor, and he's right.

That's pretty hardcore. So if you care about the horses you bet on your not real?

Guess I'm not a real bettor either, although there would be others to tell you differently.

Seems like we're all *drinking* now. I'm copying *Suzanne*.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

After Super Frolic broke down - I went back to the Asmussen barn to have a look at him - he was in very bad shape in my opinion.

When I asked The trainer who's deputizing for Steve Asmussen and Darrin Flemming about his status - he told me that there was suspensory damage. I asked if he'd make it....and he said he'd know more in a few hours.

I was the only member of the press that day who went back there - I was going to go back again after the last race - however, my biggest bet of the night was in the final race, it won and paid $26.00 - and in the excitement of that..I forgot all about making my second visit back.

Scott Lake's Cantrel broke down as the post time favorite in a stake race on opening day. The post time favorite has now died from the result of an injury suffered during the race in two of the meets five stake races.