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When AOB comes clean about having xray vision with a ct option in his glasses ( maybe that’s why he wears them all the time - might explain it ) then Id be more than happy to accept that he can overrule technology showing up a problem.
It’s not even if you think of them as pets or livestock - it comes down to if you have the extra knowledge that the testing has given you and STILL want to send a horse out to race in a situation he’s never met before knowing there’s a much greater risk of injury than normal.
I’m very vocal about knowing whenever a horse goes out to race there’s a chance it won’t come back. This is something we all have to make peace with whenever we bet or own or ride or look after them. But when you know there’s a weakness that means the odds are even more stacked against them? That’s unacceptable no matter who you are - considering how the Ballydoyle horses who have survived have done since running in it, I expected better from someone of his calibre. That’s on me though, I thought he cared about them a lot more than he does.

<blockquote data-quote="trudij" data-source="post: 2686144" data-attributes="member: 65037">When AOB comes clean about having xray vision with a ct option in his glasses ( maybe that’s why he wears them all the time - might explain it <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤣" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" title="Rolling on the floor laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />) then Id be more than happy to accept that he can overrule technology showing up a problem.It’s not even if you think of them as pets or livestock - it comes down to if you have the extra knowledge that the testing has given you and STILL want to send a horse out to race in a situation he’s never met before knowing there’s a much greater risk of injury than normal.I’m very vocal about knowing whenever a horse goes out to race there’s a chance it won’t come back. This is something we all have to make peace with whenever we bet or own or ride or look after them. But when you know there’s a weakness that means the odds are even more stacked against them? That’s unacceptable no matter who you are - considering how the Ballydoyle horses who have survived have done since running in it, I expected better from someone of his calibre. That’s on me though, I thought he cared about them a lot more than he does.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trudij, post: 2686144, member: 65037"] When AOB comes clean about having xray vision with a ct option in his glasses ( maybe that’s why he wears them all the time - might explain it 🤣) then Id be more than happy to accept that he can overrule technology showing up a problem. It’s not even if you think of them as pets or livestock - it comes down to if you have the extra knowledge that the testing has given you and STILL want to send a horse out to race in a situation he’s never met before knowing there’s a much greater risk of injury than normal. I’m very vocal about knowing whenever a horse goes out to race there’s a chance it won’t come back. This is something we all have to make peace with whenever we bet or own or ride or look after them. But when you know there’s a weakness that means the odds are even more stacked against them? That’s unacceptable no matter who you are - considering how the Ballydoyle horses who have survived have done since running in it, I expected better from someone of his calibre. That’s on me though, I thought he cared about them a lot more than he does. [/QUOTE]

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