I hope you didn't have to copy that word for word then Richie.

Cut and Paste works on both Text and the Address Bar at the top of each Web Page.

Left Click on the desired Target and drag the cursor over the desired Text or Address. When High-lit, Right Click, and then select the "Copy" prompt. Navigate to the site of your response and Right Click again, this time selecting "Paste". Wa La, easier than beating a dishonest trainer! (Next lesson I'll show you how to locate a two word phrase in a 10,000 word document with the couple clicks of the mouse)

I cut, pasted and browsed your colic reference into a "google search" and came up with this:

http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=10072

Its possible Left Bank did colic at 2 I suppose, but the assertion is naked (And they give me grief here) It also surprising that they don't mention Left Bank's demise from "colic". Maybe being Vets they were smart enough to know not to suggest that.

The other factor is perhaps Left Bank was especially susceptible to intestine trouble when his system was "off".

Regardless the three undiagnosed illnesses in six days followed on the heels of recent wins in Graded Stakes (An allowance for Warners) all acknowledged "Top Level" performers, one a previous short winded type on a career top, track record, at a novel distance, without another horse in the Plech barn or Spa in general coming down with the afflictions is enough in combination to create a rebutable presumption that the barn did something to both sicken those horses and enable them to run exceedingly fast/well scant days prior. A very interesting combination. Now a rebutable presumption shifts the burden of proof. It is now up to the naysayers and apologists to offer evidence to prove that the barn was not responsible for the death of said horses.

Show us your evidence

richiebee Wrote:
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> Chuck:
>
> I am not computer literate enough to link articles
> or websites to the TG board,
> but the following comes from "the horse.com (Your
> Guide to Equine Health Care)".
> Article 10072, dated July 28, 2007, authored by
> Cristy West, contains the
> following:
>
> "The first six months after colic surgery is the
> critical period, and if you
> get to one year after surgery, you can relax a
> little," Freeman
> said. "People think that a horse after colic
> surgery is finished, but thats not
> true. We know that many of these horses go back to
> very top level performance.
> For example, Left Bank was a thoroughbred who
> colicked as a two year old and
> had some small intestine removed. He raced from
> two to five years old and had
> 24 starts and 14 wins..."
>
> The Dr. Freeman who is quoted is a veterinarian on
> the faculty of the
> University of Florida.
>
> Your approach, and your writing style, are such
> that the occasional inclusion of
> some facts would do nothing to dilute your posts
> or soften their impact.