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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 10:47:20 GMT -5
I just received this on my Twitter that while our for a morning gallop at Keeneland Turallure broke down and had to be euthanized. Turallure had earned $1.3 million. Charles LoPresti said " like part of my Family" My condolences to the Owners and connections of this great Horse.  Pres |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 13:09:07 GMT -5
was he ever trained by baffert or oneil? had he ever raced at del mar? just asking. one of those three must be associated somehow. theres no way a saint like lopresti could ever have a horse break down under his watch, right?
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Post by mackdaddy on Nov 14, 2013 13:27:37 GMT -5
When Lopresti hires a PR firm to speak for his breakdowns instead of nutting up get back to me
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 13:34:43 GMT -5
will do. and when every reporter and east coaster starts making these sort of assumptions like they do about the guys out here, and sullying their reputations, he very well may do just that.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 13:36:53 GMT -5
all I know is lopresti is now averaging 1 break down and death a day. that's much worse then bobs 7 or so in an 18 month period.
just like the espn show.................numbers never lie!!
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Post by Jon on Nov 14, 2013 13:54:44 GMT -5
1/day? Where does that come from?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 16:07:46 GMT -5
just showing how numbers and polls can be skewed to show anything you want. is my math not correct? its true, isn't it? at the current rate that he is now going, mr. lopresti will have 365 deaths by breakdown between now and nov.14th, 2014.
remember this kind of math and charts and polls next time someone starts arguing about whether someones approval rating is 41% today or 39% yesterday, or other trainers fatality rate over a certain specified time period is abnormal or not.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 17:33:35 GMT -5
As usual wiz shows his "compassion" for others' misfortune.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 17:53:38 GMT -5
remember that George next time a baffert horse takes a bad step or breaks down and you chime in. it goes both ways. hmmmm, selective memory AND selective compassion, huh?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 18:56:08 GMT -5
wiz,
Nope, not selective. just about everyone on this forum is saddened when horses break down and have to be euthanized, just as much as most of us are saddened when horses die by mysterious causes.
LoPresti said Turallure was "like part of my family", he didn't just shrug his shoulders and move on.
How many horses have died of mysterious causes while under LoPresti's care? How many of his horses have died from injesting rat poison?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 19:41:56 GMT -5
id don't know. I leave those kind of investigations up to the professionals. I don't claim to know or have an opinion on subjects like that. im not a track vet. I am saddened also when horses die. but I don't go making unfounded accussations or making up conspiracy theories like some do. in fact, I don't care. dead is dead, and once it happens, it doesn't matter. my job is to pick winners and make money doing it. when that is done, then and only then do I get to go pet the horsey on the nose and give him a carrot.
ive also heard lopresti say the same thing about other horses in his stable. maybe he should take his business a little more seriously and less personal then. im sure its also a lot easier to feel that way about your horses when you train 10% as many horses as someone else.
ive also never heard any of the trainers being accused of his horses dying from rat poison say that his horses weren't "part of his family". but some people don't feel the need to put their feelings out there for others to judge. not everyone needs to post their daily schedules or itineraries either. I guess some people just need and seek the approval of others more then some.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2013 20:27:16 GMT -5
Turallure's injury and subsequent death was the result of a fractured leg during a workout, not a mysterious death in his stall or unexplained heart attack.
No one in their right mind could compare the two types of deaths.
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Post by Jon on Nov 14, 2013 23:11:52 GMT -5
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Post by Jon on Nov 14, 2013 23:15:33 GMT -5
No racing fan wants to see any horse lose it's life.
RIP Turallure
Turallure (KY)
GR/RO, H, foaled March 3, 2007
( Wando - Personal Allure, by Wekiva Springs)
Best Racing Class Achieved:
Multiple Graded Stakes Winner
Breeders’ Cup Participation:
2nd TVG Breeders' Cup Mile - 2011
Career Statistics:
•Starts: 26
•Firsts: 6
•Seconds: 5
•Thirds: 3
•Earnings: $1,378,997
•Earnings Per Start: $53,038
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Post by mackdaddy on Nov 15, 2013 7:29:54 GMT -5
Had this horse in the pick 4 breeders cup day, along with gio ponti and goldlikova on my ticket and got nipped at the wire by a 60/1 shot in court vision. Man I was pissed that day. Sad news indeed because he was a pretty good horse. I feel for lopresti because tbis horse was probably the next best horse in his barn.
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