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I don\'t know, and I emphasize, I don\'t know....I don\'t know how the therapy benefited I\'ll Have Another.  I do know that trainers and vets and/or their equivalents have been employing various treatments/methodologies to horses for a very long time in attempting to improve performance/profit. It\'s understandable.  It\'s evident, and it would be great if it would end.How great would it be if the playing field was even for all involved, including us, the bettors?  It\'s very easy to imagine that serious attempts to create systems of analysis, on that hypothetical playing field,  would benefit the bettors, the trainers, the breeders....the horses. I support those endeavors completely.  I recall an idea that every wagering opportunity would offer the opportunity to pony up an extra buck or two to support jockey or equine charities or support funds.  I recall that not a single player in my local otb thought it was a good idea.  Not one, here in southeastern Va., ten years ago.  Small sample?  Sure.
  It\'s odd, really...and perhaps inexplicable that just a short time ago I sat, with my wife, daughter, granddaughters watching the Derby at her house...chanted Mario in the stretch drive and high-fives all around afterwards.  I recall my Dad years ago coming home one Saturday afternoon and saying..\"...It\'s the Belmont...there\'s a Virginia-bred running, I hear he\'s pretty good.\"  It was the only time we ever watched racing, before or after.  But I never forgot it. I  chose I\'ll Have Another to win because of the finish in the SA Derby.  Horse and jockey in unison...the subsequent work/gallops at Churchhill Downs.  He looked *serious*...Smarty Jones serious.  What am I saying in the end?  Clean it up?  Absolutely.  Count on me to support it.  A world without thoroughbred racing is the worst for it.  But in the meantime, look at that race...It was a fine performance by both horse and jockey.  With any luck at all, they\'ll take him back to the west coast and await the Travers.  I\'ve rambled here, and offer myapologies.  Thanks again to all who\'ve posted here over the past few years.  I\'ve learned a lot...though clearly not enough to become a ThoroGraph user.  Soon though, I\'m sure.  Good Luck to all.  And thanks again.

Been a Twinspires patron for five years...happily, profitably.  But today?  No.  Breeder\'s Cup two years ago?  Nah.  That one cost me a bundle.  Today is it for me.  Guess I shoud\'ve had a backup plan. Definitely should have.  Anyways...