TG, Have you noticed anything different figure-wise(or whatever) this year vs. last year that may relate to the current rash of horse injuries at Arlington?
http://sports.excite.com/news/07172006/v8925.html
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TGJB: Haven\'t noticed anything at Arlington, but my guess is that they will make the track deeper and slower, since that has been the trend for a long time.

Delmar Deb: According to NPR radio - and I don\'t know why it made their national show - the \"independant\" study team is getting the vet records and doing blood samples for each of the 17 horses that broke down.  

Some of the horsemen I have talked to out here feel that too much of the discussion about track safety ignores the animal - in terms of both soundness and medication as well as the trainer\'s responsibility for running a sound horse.

It may sound almost farsical, but one of the indictments against the trainer and blacksmith in the English betting scandal is that they ran a lame horse and did not tell anyone and bet against it.  Which is worse???