Re: Teflon Todd (582 Views)
Posted by:
lcfjr3 (IP Logged)
Date: December 27, 2006 07:15PM
Illegal meds are race day/betting problems. On various levels they have been part of the game throughout the 20th/21st century. Racing would be MUCH better without them but it will survive with them because betting egos will always think they know who is doing what--and most of the time it can be patterned
(thorograph charts).
But steroids (not illegal) are killing the breed. Forget about how Lyle Alzado imploded. Just look how Lenny Dykstra, Brady Anderson,lost power as quickly as they had gained it.
Lure, Cigar, War Emblem infertile. Grade 1 mares having trouble getting pregnant and delivering.
Decades of imbreeding, abusing top stallions, pushing 2-yr. olds to sales, roiding yearlings and 2-yr. olds for sales, overracing "precocious 2-yr. olds" has taken a relatively sturdy breed in the 1920-1950 era and rendered them sticks of dynamite. It's only a matter of time before they go off and break down.
Does anyone really think Ghostzapper was faster than Secretariat??
When you get a Grade 1 horse, owner's have no choice.
The big money owner's (Godolphin, Shadwell, Coolmore) know what they have, if they race at 4 they are significantly reducing fertility prospects and of course increasing the possibility of break down. Discreet Cat will never be seen again after Dubai.
Smaller owner's (Smarty Jones, Afleet Alex) want the thrill of running at 4 but after fatigue and minor injury set in they would be fiscally irresponsible to take the risk of coming back to the races, which is why there is always a period of time when they come back on track and workout and a Servis and a Ritchey properly convince the owner to sell, even though they are profiting.
It's a miracle that Perfect Drift has been a competitive Grade 1 horse for 5 years. Even as a gelding under an assumed moderate steroid diet, 5 years in this day and age is incredible. Yet Murray Johnson has not picked up one big money owner that I am aware of.
They all come to Frankel, Biancone, Dutrow; Pletcher and the other Lukas assistants. WHY??
Illegal meds and roids, win a Grade 1 or 2 and poof.
Steroid's is causing the 4 horse Grade 1 fields, in conjunction with illegal race day meds. Until BREEDERS, BREEDERS, BREEDERS who control the game want to do something about it we'll continue to watch Jockey Club Gold Cups with jockeys frantically looking for competition.
They don't understand who the consumer of their product is. Walmart does. McDonalds does. Microsoft does.
NTRA does not. Breeder's Cup does not. Originally thought Stronach did, but don't think he does.
Breeder's only think about the sale. That's not the consumer. The pinhooker is only a trader. The program owner is vitally important but he is not the consumer.
BETTORS...GAMBLERS...BETTORS...GAMBLERS...BETTORS...GAMBLERS...BETTORS.
Without the bettors ands gamblers what do they have??
Lcfjr3