Re: 6 Minutes prior to post in the Preakness... (569 Views)
Posted by:
jmetro (IP Logged)
Date: May 23, 2006 09:24PM
Chuckles_the_Clown2 Wrote:
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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.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> This was a carefully managed horse. He was
> carefully managed for a reason. The stable is not
> about to tell secrets.
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Another spot on, after the fact, analyst.