Yikes...

[TGJB]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/sports/after-460-starts-a-war-horse-gets-ready-for-his-last-stand.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121227

[Marlin]

\"The race is restricted to 14-year-olds\"!  WOW, love that race conditions.  I have never seen that before, thanks for sharing.

[plasticman]

Tattler\'s Jet just raced at Monticello raceway about an hour ago, finishing a bang up 2nd. He was driven poorly and was a much the best 2nd, the driver tried to get the lead and got hung out, and TJ was forced to \'take back to last (4 horse field). Saved ground and finished with a strong rush for 2nd while getting to the winner late.

TJ races on Dec 31 in Michigan at Sports Creek raceway in a 2k claimer, his last lifetime race.

[magicnight]

Whenever I\'m feeling a little gimpy that ol\' cow manure poultice works every time!

[aceriley63]

Interesting that the dam was purchased from an Amish sale in Wisconsin.  I\'m from Wisconsin, and my brother\'s friend made money in the other direction. He\'d buy failed racing standard breds from the Chicago track and bring them back to WI and sell them to the Amish as plow horses.

[Niall]

Oh boy, they will leave no stone unturned ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/us/ponys-death-draws-notice-to-drugs-in-show-ring.html?hp&_r=0

[magicnight]

Gosh! Is it possible that - all this time - the point of these articles was the inhumane treatment of horses and not a \"killing racing\" agenda?

[sighthound]

No.  I think the point is that Joe Drape, NYT, etc. are woefully ignorant about horses.  They are as useless to horse welfare as PETA, and just as harmful.  Their stories are unprofessionally written, deliberately biased and deliberately inflammatory.

This story - the first few paragraphs are the perfect example of this bullshiat.  What dreck.