Here's the contemporaneous version of the story without all of the current Santa Anita nonsense added by NPR.
It is somewhat more nuanced....
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She's only been in the money once and that was at a Los Al QH meet.
Honestly I am a little torn because I think there has been too much consolidation...
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Well let's start with actual facts. Hollywood where the horse was training and was taken from hasn't been in the news because it closed in 2013. You're...
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Yeah I was disappointed in NPR for running this. This is not a human interest story--just some random crazy. Not that that justifies stealing a horse....
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Full disclosure- I have a 10 year old Honda that I still call the "new car" because my other car is a 20 year old Honda.
Yeah I...
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I agree he said a whole bunch of things --including his family and other commitments --and the slap against California from a Maryland guy who has never...
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To be honest, I wondered about that excuse. Here we are at ground zero, yet I don't know of any major owner dispersing for that reason, at least yet....
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Maybe because I am a city girl who has had to make horses work in urban facilities that make purists shudder, but I am sympathetic to the status quo....
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I think there is a belief whether it is expressed or not that Thoroughbred breeders either are or should be rich, so it doesn't really matter if mistakes...Last edited by Pronzini; Nov. 27, 2019, 08:43 PM.
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The Internet and social media are two edged swords of course. Speaking just for myself, I've met people I wouldn't have met and I've done things I never...
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Could be either or both. I'm fine with them making themselves look ridiculous. I guess they just can't help themselves.
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The problem with that plan is 1) the syndicate probably wants too much money and California breeders are life and death to pay over $7500 and 2)he's a...
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After living through one of the most challenging years that I have ever experienced in racing, it is more than amusing to watch these wackadoodles lose...
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Honestly some people need to let it go.
This story kind of dovetails with the Green Gatto thing. How much input is it reasonable for the...
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I think it runs perhaps a little deeper than that. Perhaps we have no qualms because we are so sheltered as a society from where food really comes from....
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Unfortunately when you have the kind of money he has, you can walk around stupid and people around you don't let you know. Then when you do something...
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Don't be misled by the politics du jour. California is more than just San Francisco and LA and it is doing just fine....
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The Crown
It's no secret that Queen Elizabeth is an avid racing fan and any series about her life would have to tackle that. I was a little surprised that Episode...
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Don't laugh--that was actually a thing. I don't recall if it was Pro ride or Cushion Track but one of the issues with it is that manure degraded it so...
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I've run something like almost 50 races on Tapeta. It is not a panacea. It works (sort of) at Golden Gate because the track is right on the bay and there...
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