whomper Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I thought all the puns and cliches were done and furd shows up guns blazing nice work..and Trigger was good too wiegie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankk Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Sorry boys, I have to call it a night. I have to get to work early, and since my car is in the shop, I'm going to have to hoof it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furd Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I thought all the puns and cliches were done and furd shows up guns blazing nice work.. Thank you. I like to start out slow and come on strong down the stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Thank you. I like to start out slow and come on strong down the stretch. Why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furd Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 But I still can't stay out of the action furlong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 But I still can't stay out of the action furlong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montster Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Alright, how about this one: I can't believe DMD hasn't corralled this thread already. if he does, it'd be like closing the barn door after the horse is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncosn05 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Alright, how about this one: I can't believe DMD hasn't corralled this thread already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecerwin Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 But I still can't stay out of the action furlong. Of all the recent puns, this one stands out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Thank you. I like to start out slow and come on strong down the stretch. Just like John Elway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Sanchez Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Wow....can't believe this thread hasn't been euthanized yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Wow....can't believe this thread hasn't been euthanized yet. I am kinda surprised DMD hasn't put a bridle on it ... or at leased lassoed it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/176478 Grim reality of horse racing Four champs never stood a chance Devastating on-track injury almost always means animal will die Jan 31, 2007 04:30 AM Cathal Kelly Sports Reporter "They give their lives for our enjoyment." - Ron McAnally, horse trainer, after the breakdown of Go For Wand Barbaro is the most recent in a line of champion thoroughbreds catastrophically injured on the racetrack. Go For Wand, Izvestia, Play the King, Ruffian are only a few of the others. Almost all were deemed too badly damaged to rehabilitate and were put down soon after their injuries occurred. But Barbaro's owners, Roy and Gretchen Jackson, went to extraordinary and unusual lengths to save their horse. That raises again the issue of how far we should go to save the life of a badly injured animal. "When you're dealing with athletes, equine or human, you can't eliminate injures," said David Willmot, owner of Kinghaven Farms, which has produced several Canadian champion thoroughbreds. "And sometimes, treatment isn't feasible." Barbaro, the undefeated Kentucky Derby champion, broke down in May shortly after leaving the starting gate in the Preakness Stakes. His injury –a fracture of the right hind leg that left the bones shattered like "a bag of crushed ice," according to one onlooker – would normally equal a death sentence. But the Jacksons felt otherwise. Over a 36-week convalescence, Barbaro underwent several surgical procedures, including the insertion of 27 screws into his broken leg. He was fitted with casts and put in a sling to take weight off his legs. After developing laminitis, a potentially deadly inflammation of the hoof, in one foot and an abscess in the other, a last-ditch operation was attempted to insure he bore no weight on his injured right leg. It failed. "We just reached a point where it was going to be difficult for him to go on without pain," Roy Jackson said soon after Barbaro was euthanized. As of last night, the Jacksons were still considering an offer to bury their Derby winner at the site of his greatest triumph, Churchill Downs. The treatment was expensive. The Jacksons raised $1.2 million (all figures U.S.) in donations to help defray medical costs. Even had he survived, Barbaro would not have been able to stand on his hind legs, making breeding impossible. So, from the outset, the goal was to turn a $30 million thoroughbred into a pasture horse. "His owners went above and beyond the call of duty to save this horse," said David Switzer, executive director of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association. Willmot knows the pain that comes from losing a cherished animal. In a three-year span, he lost two Canadian horses of the year, Play the King and Izvestia, to serious injuries. "They were my two worst days in racing," Willmot recalled yesterday. In both cases, Kinghaven's suffering horses were destroyed almost immediately. To the experienced racing hand's recollection, a quest like the one undertaken to save Barbaro is almost unprecedented. "In 999 out of 1,000 cases of horses injured that badly, they're going to be put down," Willmot said. "(Barbaro) must have been a wonderful, kind, intelligent patient to put up with everything that they tried with him." Willmot called Barbaro's long struggle before the final turn for the worse "amazing, impressive and heartening." Even simple veterinary procedures are expensive when it comes to horses – removing a bone chip might cost $5,000. Routine surgery and convalescence can reach into the tens of thousands. Willmot can't even calculate what Barbaro's treatment might have cost. "There's no financial reward for doing what they did. They did it because they loved the animal," Willmot said. Here in Toronto, steps have been taken to reduce the on-track risks for horses. Last July, Woodbine became one of only four racetracks in North America to switch from a dirt surface to PolyTrack, a synthetic material developed in England. According to Willmot, the primary purpose of the $10.5 million installation is to reduce serious injury to the horses. "To use an analogy from football, with PolyTrack, the horse is at least able to wear pads," Willmot said. "It's much kinder and consistent." Nevertheless, he warned, there is no way to eliminate tragedies, only to limit them. The Jacksons and their team are still dealing with this one. Reflecting on the cost of Barbaro's fight, Gretchen Jackson said, "Grief is the price we all pay for love." I thought Blitz might agree with some of the bold areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Yes I could see how love would inspire you to put a horse through all of that so that he could never stand on his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Yes I could see how love would inspire you to put a horse through all of that so that he could never stand on his own. I'm relatively sure you said that the owners attempted to save Barbaro so he could stud. It would appear that this assertion was incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I'm relatively sure you said that the owners attempted to save Barbaro so he could stud. It would appear that this assertion was incorrect. Yes, if the article holds truth my assertion would be incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untateve Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Yes, if the article holds truth my assertion would be incorrect. Before we can determine if the article "holds truth" we must first define "truth." I believe we need billay's input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Before we can determine if the article "holds truth" we must first define "truth." I believe we need billay's input. I think it is fairly clear that the definition of the word truth is no longer universal ... probably an effort to prevent anybody from being branded a liar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I think it is fairly clear that the definition of the word truth is no longer universal ... probably an effort to prevent anybody from being branded a liar. What we have here...is a failure to communicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAUgrad Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewer Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Yes, if the article holds truth my assertion would be incorrect. You're through the denial step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 It's a shame a horse gets more humane treatment than our elderly. Instead of letting them rot away feebled and in pain, they inject animals with a swift, quiet death. If humans could only be so lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Row Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I'm gonna settle back with a Filly cheese steak and a cold Colt 45 for the rest of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh 0ne Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Yes, if the article holds truth my assertion would be incorrect. Apology accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grits and Shins Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Apology accepted. There was no apology ... my assertion that the owners didn't love their horse like a pet would be incorrect ... nice try though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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