When horses retire, is it fair to bring them out

[RedRum77]

http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news … sideration

Surely horses like Borderlescott deserves their retirement?

[andyod]

Surely they deserve it; but do they want it or do they need it?

[The Young Fella]

Les Arcs, Lygeton Lad, Starspangledbanner…

Has this ever ended well for a sprinter coming out of retirement?

[Miss Woodford]

Les Arcs, Lygeton Lad, Starspangledbanner…

Has this ever ended well for a sprinter coming out of retirement?

Precisionist
1985 Eclipse Champion Sprinter, fractured a cannon bone in January of 1987 which led to his "retirement", but proved sterile at stud. He healed well enough to return to the track the following year, won the Cabrillo Handicap, Del Mar Breeders Cup Handicap and an allowance race in which he set the one mile track record at Del Mar (1:33 1/5) that still stands today. He was officially retired at the end of that year.

[The Young Fella]

You never fail to impress me with your massive bank of information, Miss Woodford! Can we hire you for pub quiz teams?

[Adrian]

Good line AndyOD

Kingsgate Native has shown plenty of decent form at Group level since coming back into training after a season in the covering shed.

[Ghost of Rob V]

I’d love Frankel to come out of retirement just to show Dawn Approach what a real turbo boost is

[moehat]

He’s probably another ‘The Tatling’. I’d imagine that sprinters are the worst kind of racehorses to cope with retirement. At least he was given the chance to retire and didn’t like it. I read somewhere else that Church Island was sold for a pittance at a sale even though his legs weren’t too good. Hope he’s enjoying life as a hack somewhere now .

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