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From Mark Casse, a horseman much more knowledgeable than me: » Letter to the Editor: Mark Casse : THE WHIP As a trainer for nearly 40 years and being foaled instead of born, I have seen many changes in our sport, both good and bad, but to the best of my memory, I have … Comments

" No sport that unnecessarily whips animals will survive the 21st Century. And it shouldn't " --Will Brewer- Father o' Cats, Lord of the Man Cave, Keeper of the Roku. INTRODUCTION Most of you are currently rolling your eyes. Maybe you will stop reading this immediately. Don't. Try to allow for another view point. I will certainly listen to yours. Try to imagine 10 to 20 years down the line and what people's views on animals will be then. I've been in love with horse racing for 30 years. In that time I've changed my views on many things. I still learn something new about our wonderful sport every day. I know 5% of what I want to know about our industry. The challenge and the unlimited amount of knowledge that can be gained from our sport is what keeps me working and thinking about it every day.  Because I am still learning, I challenge my opinions on things. However, I am confident in one thing: If we want to survive, we have to make serious

Excellent Interview with John Sikura about the state of our industry. Listen starting at minute 19 if you want to hear about the Curlin colt he sold. Listen at minute 41 if you want to hear a really really good perspective on the state of our industry and where we go from here. Click on the link below, press play and you can jump to minute 41. It's so easy even Jody can do it and she can't change her own batteries in a smoke detector https://stevebyk.com/broadcast/hour-1-john-sikura-2/

Ok, this has nothing to do with the Washington Thoroughbred Industry but this is a good looking horse: Beautiful and the horse didn't turn a hair.

Bored. Waiting for a settlement agreement and some estate planning work to get back to me so I thought I would write something pointless. Nothing really important in politics or horse racing news in the last week anyway. A few things: (1) Went "forging" this weekend. Thought we were foraging. Didn't get to eat any mushrooms but created a metal object that suppose to resemble a knife. Guess which one of these three pieces of art is mine? Remember, it is suppose to be a knife. I am truly incompetent when it comes to anything that requires a hammer or fire or strength. Note to self : Fair to say "stick to law, politics, and horse racing" to me. But I can't explain what the hell is going on in law, politics and horse racing right now anyway. (2) We welcomed these two into our family a few months back: These two were from a litter of 5 we fostered. Supposedly their mother died right after their birth and they were left for dead in Cle