tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post4880589218223463020..comments2024-02-01T00:37:24.768-05:00Comments on PTP: Some Things Are Meant to EndPull the Pockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-2353666694978351332009-05-13T11:31:00.000-04:002009-05-13T11:31:00.000-04:00I have a hard time watching steeplechase races. I...I have a hard time watching steeplechase races. I get the same queasy feeling sometimes that is comparable to the few times I've seen a loose horse go around the wrong way during a race or in the morning.<br />They are asking for accidents in steeplechase races.Cangamblehttp://www.cangamble.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-76704913354020782402009-05-13T07:40:00.000-04:002009-05-13T07:40:00.000-04:00There's nothing wrong with steeplechasing when it'...There's nothing wrong with steeplechasing when it's done right. In Australia, it's done with a starting gate and the ground is way too fast. In Europe, it's done with a tape/elastic start so the horses know it's not a flat race, and the ground is so forgiving that most falls are benign. The rate of fatal accidents steeplechasing in Europe is still below the rate on the FLAT in America. If we're looking for progress, let's put it in reverse: Train the horses up to their ability WITHOUT MEDICATION. Now THAT would be progress.G. Rarickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796528877225352947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-37922391208706838032009-05-13T07:26:00.000-04:002009-05-13T07:26:00.000-04:00I own miniature horses which train to become "driv...I own miniature horses which train to become "driving horses" pulling carts abd drivers. There are even races for these horses. We carry a whip for safety and corrction. The whip is never used to make the horse trot faster, because, quite simply, it doesn't work that way. When I kiss to my horse and ask him for his top speed, he gives it to me because he is trained to do so. Whipping him would be taken by the horse as a punishment or correction for not obeying a command. I agree with Campbell. It is "stupid" to think whippng a tiring horse is going to somehow magically make him go faster. If anything, I would think it would be discouraging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-59900874516096761122009-05-12T16:23:00.000-04:002009-05-12T16:23:00.000-04:00Yep Ted, but good to be a realist. We can't move a...Yep Ted, but good to be a realist. We can't move ahead without paying attention to reality. Just because we will never be a mainstream sport again does not mean we have to falter (imo). There have been countless niche businesses that have thrived and will continue to in this world. I sure hope we are one of them.Pull the Pockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-65245414716810267762009-05-12T16:06:00.000-04:002009-05-12T16:06:00.000-04:00Development to an industrial society from an agric...Development to an industrial society from an agricultural society is to the rise of NASCAR and the decline of horse racing.<br /><br />Makes me a bit nervous and naseous to have written that...Theodore L. Grevelishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04440633649225153286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-30061017422033453442009-05-12T14:03:00.000-04:002009-05-12T14:03:00.000-04:00Amen Brother!Amen Brother!Allannoreply@blogger.com