OT: I'll Have Another won't run at Belmont.
http://tracking.si.com/2012/06/08/ill-have-another-scratch-belmont-stakes/?eref=sihp
Speaks for itself. What a shame.
find it odd that at the end of the article it says the trainer secretly took him out this morning and said he was "fit and ready to go". Huh??
EDIT: apparently that was the ESPN article that stated that.
$10 says ESPN's homepage says something along the lines of "I'll NOT Have Another" by 1:00.
This is really disappointing. I was getting my hopes up to be able to see history happen. Hope the horse is ok.
It's 8:44 AM PST / 11:44 AM EST, and still no mention on the bottom line.
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I completely quit watching ESPN months ago and I couldn't be happier with the results. My knowledge of LeBron, Tebow, Red Sox/Yankees, and the SEC has diminished greatly.
Except for a few games and the odd sighting at sportsbars, I literally haven't watched ESPN in at least 7 years. Don't miss it at all.
It is not ESPN but Foxsports has "We Won't Have Another" as the title for its cover article
Because it refers to a triple crown winner too.
Big Ten Blog lunch links intro line
"So I guess I Won't Have Another. "
It ende up as "Another Out of Belmont"
ESPN's headline is "Another out of Belmont".
Fortunately the horse will have no sense of disappointment or regret, because it's a horse and has no idea what is going on.
Well, you can scratch "watch the Belmont Stakes" off of pretty much everyone's plans.
for another year, but on the bright side, I'm happy the injury either occurred or was noticed before the race. The last thing anyone would want for the injury to have gone unnoticed or occur mid-race and for the horse to damage him/herself that much more.
I'll still watch, but I'm very disappointed and very sad. He came so close.
That's what she said.
Dang. Guess I'll go with Bodemeister.
Too bad for Drug O'Neill. Glad he'll have nothing to celebrate.
Yea right, I'd rather watch grass grow than watch horse racing.
So much for my mild interest in horse racing this year.
"Mr. Bobo Jangles" the golden retriever has pulled out of westminster this year
Guess I wont have to find a TV to watch the race Saturday as I will be @ Cincy watching the Tigers play.
I'll go with Paynter now.
I can't wait until football season gets going again. Could this be the first post on Mgoblog on horse racing (not that is isn't somewhat newsworthy, maybe).?
There were two posts on it. The race, then him winning. Where everyone complained that it should have just gone in the first post.
I'm a major horse racing fan, even though the sport has been in decline for years now. This is part of the reason--the breed is not as strong as it used to be, and injuries are up, taking potentially great horses out way too early
If the injury really is only tendinitis, requiring a few months of rest, why would O'Neill say he probably has run his last race. Seems to me he has plenty of time to get back, run a few races, and be ready for the Breeders Cup Classic in November.
Sad thing is, even without this injury, there is probably no way he was gonna run as a 4 year old. There is never any chance to see a horse develop these days. As soon as they have any success, its off the the breeding shed.
He did not enter Bodemeister in the Belmont after I'll Have Another nipped his horse at the wire twice at the Derby and the Preakness, concluding he just couldn't beat that horse.
does have a good shot with Paynter, who won an undercard race at Pimlico the day of the Preakness.
Uhh, sorry. Not going to be able to read any of your posts going forward without thinking "This man is a first-class sissy."
Maybe a bitch-slap would have been more appropriate!
Just kidding! My grandmother was pretty into horse racing and she was pretty manly.
Not good enough. If you really want to prove yourself, then you must eat 10 atomic wings from Quaker Steak and Lube, without wiping your mouth, drinking anything, or eating anything to help with the pain.
And you must do this whilst simultaneously taming two king cobras.
And in a few weeks the horse will be euthanized because it cannot race anymore, because you know, if it can't race for our entertainment and betting enjoyment, why should it even be alive? It's like the equivalent of saying, "Okay Unamed Runningback, your legs are gone and your career is done, so put this mask over your nose and mouth."
He will have the best life ever - They will ship in all the ladies he could ever want and party like it's 1999. Stud fees baby. Tough life, eat and fornicate
A horse with 2 triple crown race wins is headed in the opposite direction of being euthanized. This lucky guy will be on his way off to stud now. A more accurate analogy would be: A superstar QB with a superbowl ring and an mvp trophy or two has a career ending injury. The NFL says "sorry about that champ, you're not much good to us on the field now, but your potential offspring is. Here's 1000 women and a ticket to pound town. And we'll pay you for each one you do the deed with. Have a great life and make us some more future superstars."
Believe me, he'll be having a quite nice life from hereon out.
This is Tom Brady's actual retirement plan.
... but thousands (yes thousands) of other, less "accomplished" horses at obscure tracks will be. Drugged-up horses, broken legs, maimed jockeys, yeeesh. 3000+ dead horses from 2009-2011 alone according to a NYT article earlier this year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/us/death-and-disarray-at-americas-racetracks.html?pagewanted=all
I loved watching "Seabiscuit" (twice), but after reading that NYT piece, I can't get any enjoyment out of it again. Sorry to be Buzz Killington, but that sport is an unholy disgrace. I'd be ok if jockeys just ran themselves around the track (and got to fight with whips along the way, that would be a cool twist), but horses don't volunteer for this nonsense.
It's one thing with an elephant in captivity with not enough room to properly live it's life. Another for a domesticated animal that on average lives a lot better life in the care of people than it would as a stray or in the wild.
If dogs were breaking their legs doing tricks at the owner's behest, I'd be pretty damned pissed at the owner. I'm A-OK with keeping a horse as a companion animal including rides. I have no idea if show jumping causes similar carnage (my guess is not, given the lack of speed and presumably less incentive to drug the horses), but if it does, I'd be as vehemently opposed to that.
Domestic ownership would be expected to extend the health of an animal as long as you're not pushing them to do something associated with injury/death for sheer entertainment. I agree with you that millions of animals are euthanized each year (which is a total disgrace in and of itself considering the vast majority are perfectly healthy and adoptable), but it's not the euthanization that I'm arguing against-- it's what caused them to need to be put down that's unethical, in my opinion.
I think it's called "track."