Postby majxmom » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:19 pm
Well, since Stan said he didn't want to talk about it, I respected that and didn't ask him to elaborate. To be honest, I was so choked up just thinking about it, I was relieved not to go on about it. I still remember exactly where I was when I was watching this local horse run on TV, and then suddenly-- disaster! I thought for sure that he would be put down. Then Stan said on the news that he thought that it was Hajji's money, he earned it, and he (Stan) was just holding it in trust for him, so it should be used to save his life.
The horse had a huge fused ankle, and probably had a lot of issues. I don't think it was financial. Maybe it was just that it would have been a lot quicker and easier if the injury had been just a little bit worse, a quick needle and you go home and cry, but pick yourself up and try again. I don't think that anyone who thought that the horse earned his own money would regret the expense later. They probably just went through a long saga like Barbaro's owners are doing, and in retrospect, it seemed like too much for them and the horse. But, like I said, I'd bet real money that now they feel better about that decision. The whole country is crying over Barbaro, and they went through it first.
"When I am on my deathbed, I imagine I will say, 'Thank God I did that'" - Arthur Hancock, on buying back Gato del Sol from Europe after Exceller was killed in a slaughterhouse in Sweden.
re his cards, gifts, etc.
