tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post7966686332577733794..comments2024-02-01T00:37:24.768-05:00Comments on PTP: Social Media and the Big PicturePull the Pockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-65533602827360739902013-07-23T11:47:17.149-04:002013-07-23T11:47:17.149-04:00I'm not sure exactly how it could be done, but...I'm not sure exactly how it could be done, but it's so important for more owners to be instilled with some sense of personal responsibility for their racehorses. Too many think of them as just a "financial investment" that can be instantly dropped when they prove unprofitable--like dumping bad stocks back on to the market. There is--rightly--a great social stigma to dumping your pet on the side of the road and leaving it to fend for itself--there should be an equal stigma for doing essentially the same thing to horses.<br /><br />I know a lot of owners simply couldn't afford to provide all their racehorses with a home after they're retired. Well, those people SHOULDN'T OWN RACEHORSES. It would be much better for the game overall if we only had owners who were prepared to take full financial responsibility for their animals.<br /><br />As I say, I don't know how, practically speaking,this can be done, but somehow it MUST be done. Otherwise, the whole racing game will degenerate into something intolerably ugly.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-34532722174213584562013-07-23T11:16:24.053-04:002013-07-23T11:16:24.053-04:00"For horse rescue people and horse lovers thi..."For horse rescue people and horse lovers this drives a stake through their heart. "If you people can't even ensure a graded stakes winner gets retired before he breaks down at god knows where, why in the hell are we getting up each day to place your other stock for you?""<br /><br />Thank you, Dean.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409086505221585511noreply@blogger.com