Re: 6 Minutes prior to post in the Preakness... (616 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: May 23, 2006 08:55PM
miff Wrote:
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> "i cant imagine the insurance company will want to
> pay off if matz and company ran a lame horse."
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> Imallin,
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> I do not recall anyone remotely suggesting he
> looked lame.You thought so?Regarding insurance,
> the company does their own evaluation and they
> issued a policy, assuming there is one.The
> conspiracy theory would have great credence if
> this horse "failed" insurance evaluation and is
> not insured.
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> Mike
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I've never raced a horse and don't know what covenants Horse Life Insurance Policies contain. However, I'm quite certain they contain some terminology that relieves the insurer of the obligation to pay should the horse be run, break down and die with a known dangerous condition. A ongoing disclosure provision if you will. Its impossible to believe that an insurer of 10 million or more, would say "O.k., we insured him, run him as you please regardless of his condition." Theres just no way a lawyer would draft a contract policy to allow for that type of risk. He wouldn't subject his client to that risk.
There is going to be very little of substance that comes from the Track Vet. Larry Bramledge or Dr. Richardson, who is positioning himself to insulate his client and blow his own horn. Same for Edgar Prado, Michael Matz or Lael Stable. The only way they are going to elaborate upon this is a year down the road should Barbaro survive and be syndicated for stud. Don't even count upon it then. Richardson is not a magician and hes not a clairvoyant. He's an auto mechanic. He got his rear ended Mercedes into the body shop and he straightened the dings. Theres nothing he can add. He was not an eyewitness to the accident. He had no prior association. Theres nothing negative Richardson can or will say. You can rely upon the fact that everything out of his mouth will be neutral to positive for his client. End of story.
Barbaro was started on Turf and given lots of time between races. He was out of a Carson City mare. Carson City was not a bad sire, but was he a Classic Distance sire? and Did he get sound horses?. Who thinks those facts pointed to soundness and stamina? Granted we are generally talking soundness here. But, to have Stamina the horse has to be especially sound. Who really thinks the Belmont distance was going to be easy if Barbaro won the Preakness?
This was a carefully managed horse. He was carefully managed for a reason. The stable is not about to tell secrets.