Quote Originally Posted by gutwagon View Post
Yes Trevor the whole LA thing seems strange.

Harness.org are now reporting that he had a "Minor Bleed" and will go to the US to race or retire. So they are still playing the incident down. No stewards report yet so we don't have the official word. Obviously you have got the info from elsewhere and I have no reason not to believe you.

Seems HRV just wanted the publicity that LA generates and didn't put his welfare first as you pointed out .
Sad end to a great career.
HRV's own media unit is the source of my information. https://www.thetrots.com.au/news/art...up-looks-over/
And now they are considering sending the horse to North America so it can be loaded up on Lasix. Talk about squeezing out the last drop of hope!
https://www.harness.org.au/media-roo...?news_id=54092

And here is another question I would like HRV to explain. Why does Sirletic cop the mandatory 3 month ban for bleeding yet Lochinvar Art is stood down for only 28 days? I was prepared to cut some slack for Michael Howard's story being incorrect with the "grade 4 pulmonary hemorrhage" statement but the comments by the horse's owner, as quoted to Adam Hamilton, pretty much confirm my original comments.

Love of horses or love of money? If he were mine I would realise it is the end of the road. A life at stud in Australia, even for a small handful of mares a year, is far better for the horse than risking a one-way road trip to Mexico.