Pedigree Query

I was enjoying all of the praise.

Thanks,
Mizz

St Johns Wort to keep the horses spirits up? Ritalin for the hyper mental cases? Lasix is so 1970s.

She'll show more speed than usual. It's the flight reflex, staying out of trouble while pregnant. No joke.

Miss High Blade did pretty well running a couple stakes in the mid-90s in SoCal while pregnant... it changed her running style a bit, and she had some success with it.

Of course not -- because if he used Lasix, the horse would urinate the other goods out too quickly.

11:49pm pacific. So let's call it a push on the cynicism level.

I think if I were in Reno, NV, posting on a message board about horse racing at 2:49am, I'd be even more cynical than Roke. That said, I agree FULLY that the tracks are to blame for souping up the surface for faster times. No question about it. But I maintain that synthetic surface is safer than dir...

I watched him win the Prix d'Guiche (Gr-III) at Longchamps. A beautiful race at a beautiful track, and a lasting memory. re: sand dunes, dirt, mud, grass -- that's all true, and it's because no one cared about times. Part of the problem is tracks souping up their surface to generate fast times. And ...

The evidence is overwhelming that this surface helps. Arlington was a death trap the year before they switched to synthetic.

Excellent letter Michael. Keep the pressure on them. I'd hate to see politics defeat the best interests of the horse.