\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I have been to Churchill Downs and bet on the ponies.\u00a0 I have yet to attend the Kentucky Derby, but I would so much like to be at that event.\u00a0 I try to watch this horse race every year.\u00a0 And I did so this year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Like everyone else, I did enjoy the story that this horse only cost $1,000 as a yearling and then $35,000 as a two year old.\u00a0 I made the comment, “Hell, I could get into the thoroughbred race horse business at those prices.\u00a0 Cheaper than the goat industry.”\u00a0 BUT, I also made the comments, “This was no accident.”\u00a0 This cheap, little horse ended up with a trainer that has won 7, now 6 Kentucky Derby races.\u00a0 The jockey has won 4, now 3.\u00a0 Accident? Luck?\u00a0 I think not.\u00a0 At some point, somebody realized that this horse could win, well, with the right enhancements.\u00a0 And let’s be real, cheating at horse racing is probably one of the oldest forms of cheating.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 And now, the truth comes out.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 It doesn’t matter what the event is……if there is a winner, a high score or a chance to advance one’s own kid or ego, ethics will come into play and then disappear like a fart in the wind.\u00a0 ACT scores, umpires calling balls and strikes, stock shows…..anywhere that there is a chance to get ahead, somebody is looking for that advantage.\u00a0 This isn’t a new thing.\u00a0 Am I jaded?\u00a0 \u00a0Yes, for sure.\u00a0 \u00a0I have seen more than I should.\u00a0 I can tell you that there are feed companies that have worked with “horse” trainers to develop products for stock show animals.\u00a0 At OYE this year, I saw numerous “horse” additives sitting out in plain view.\u00a0 I wish that I didn’t know what those additives are used for, but I do.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Jaded…yes.\u00a0 \u00a0 Have I given up hope that the livestock show industry is a lost cause?\u00a0 \u00a0 Not at all!\u00a0 I just realize that there needs to be a correction in the marketplace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It all becomes about one’s perspective.\u00a0 Cheating bastards!\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Do I still want to go to the Kentucky Derby?\u00a0 Yes, but I want to walk away with a good feeling.\u00a0 Other than too many over-priced mint juleps.\u00a0 Let’s be real.\u00a0 I’m only good for one mint-julep.\u00a0 After that….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I have been to Churchill Downs and bet on the ponies.\u00a0 I have yet to attend the Kentucky Derby, but I would so much like to be at that event.\u00a0 I try to watch this horse race every year.\u00a0 And I did so this year.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4349"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4403,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349\/revisions\/4403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}