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Teeman you just hit an all time low.
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not yet, but he's working on it
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they both want to keep the money flowing
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Dim wit Americans.
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why?
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Fuck you, those trainers are my friends
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Hell, only 30 horses have died.
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and how many fish were put down ?
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"and how many fish were put down ?"
Way too many...it's called overfishing
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Let's clarify for some of those who may not understand the entire scenario in regards to the horses...
The horses are breaking their legs while training or competing, and unfortunately there is no way to treat a broken leg for a horse, thus the horse who has broken their leg, sadly has to be euthanized...
If I had to guess... The track at Santa Anita was in some way hardened in order to produce faster times...
Track & Field sprinters run faster times on harder surfaces, but are more often injured on the harder surfaces as well... They like to train on a softer surface, and then race on a harder surface to produce a faster time... That's the only correlation that I can think of, but I could very well be wrong as well...
From Google :
In the old days and today, horses are commonly euthanized after breaking their legs because they have a small chance of successful recovery. ... It's difficult for a horse's leg to heal due to a combination of factors. Their legs must absorb considerable shock as their powerful bodies gallop at high speeds.
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But you'd think lots of people would know that the track was hardened and that would have been "discovered" as a cause long ago, with appropriate actions taken.
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(I could say something rude about Fubar and too much global footprint right here, but I'm not that type of person. Just sayin...)
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^^^ Totally agree on the track surface 
I know very little on dirt tracks and the whole hardening of the surface ... You'd think the experts would be able to dial in on that subject, but they haven't or at the very least --- they're not saying anything about it...
Synethic tracks at High Schools, Colleges, Stadiums, et al, I am pretty well versed on... They can lay different surfaces underneath the track that hardened it up and produce some very fast times, but the folks that train on that same track usually get shin splints, hamstring pulls, etc...
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Both don;t horse around...
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True words tee
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I try to be serious once in a while...unlike many in these parts.
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"I try to be serious once in a while...unlike many in these parts."
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Santa Anita is just in the news but on average all tracks have the same amount of horse deaths.
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I always stand up and salute when DR makes the scene.
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Aren't the chapless asses part of the WeHo salute?
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Whos askin?
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"You’re annoying as fuck..."
This coming from a person with over 16,000 comments 
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Is anyone even looking at my ass. I didn't dress like this for nothing.
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don't tell, but I did see tee drooling over that picture
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I will constantly protest against horse racing!
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Horses and chicken both make good tacos... Just sayin..
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FYI. "Muscle and skeletal injuries account for 80% of deaths at California race tracks, and half of those deaths stem from injuries to bones in the horse's ankle area, according to the California Horse Racing Board. While necropsies indicate there is "pre-existing pathology" associated with about 90% of the fatal injuries, doctors are working on ways to detect those conditions before it's too late, the board said.
Friedman, the track spokesman, said during his recent interview that Santa Anita was about to bring in the first-ever PET scan in horse racing, which will be used to detect "micro-fractures" and other injuries."
The reason it's only SA is the weather. Bad track conditions brought on by unpredictable wet weather (too soft one day too hard a few days later when it dries), difficulty in maintenance of the track under those conditions and pre existing undiagnosed training injuries treated with too much anti inflammatory medication masking the injury. Perfect storm.
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^ well said. Most of the fatalities occurred in Jan-feb when it rained every day. SA mistake was not closing the track on several occasions during that period. Also, most of the fatalities where in the early morning when it was colder as well.
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