CTC said,


"It may be that the subject horses did not all run last race career tops. If they didn't it wouldn't change the fact that their deaths were Not random. But a finding by Tgraph that they were career tops would add even more weight to the issue"



....run a top on TG and risk dying!! Hee Hee. Chuck, surely, you had too many beers when you posted that.The idea that horses that run fast figs breakdown or die more often than slower runners is only opinion with no facts to support it. Most breakdowns/injuries, app 20 to 1 at NY tracks,occur during training, breezing, jogging etc as opposed to during a race(natch,they train far more often than they run).To what extent the PREVIOUS race/races plays in breakdowns is subject to widely varying opinions.

It makes sense that powerful drugs could add up to death/breakdowns but that has not been proven yet.On a related subject, there are all sorts of RUMORS with regard to the case involving Patrick Biancone.It seems the KY racing authority has gone to unprecedented lengths to ensure their legal position before proceeding with their findings.Sounds ominous for the frenchman.



Mike


Mike