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Old 05-19-2008, 10:07 AM   #31
ISiddiqui
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Originally Posted by chesapeake View Post
I think this gets at where we respectfully disagree. My contention is that your own observation -- horses die and disappear routinely -- is a bad thing. Especially since we have bred these horses simply for our own amusement.

I think he's saying that blaming it on drugs is silly since its been going on for quite a while. There is just more media coverage of it nowadays, but, really, it was probably worse in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Just read the descriptions of the lesser races in "Seabiscuit".
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