Fucking whack job 

Hey, I try not to take it to serious. I'm to old to let the comments aggravate me. I do enjoy the the horse talk and handicapping of some of the "plopsters". Like you, I'd like to make a nice score once in awhile too. Tomorrow, I take a trip down to Plainridge.

That's why I'm getting crazy.

I need to let all my energies absorb into capping and psychic work lol.

It's humbling too, I'm ok with that.

I think we all need to be grounded, that's my grounding.

Doesn't mean winning is bad, you still ground and are exhausted anyway.

Bust ass Sunday forward and then things loosen up and the week's tail to get back to that hobby.

Degenerate gambler, nigga please, I don't particularly like risking money, I'm fortunate that my wagering is way within my financial comfort zone.

Glen, when I owned horses at Pompano, I remember every friday morning a number of horses were vanned to the Amish. My trainer told me my four (over a three year period) were all going there. Mike P. kind of made me think. How would I know if that was really where they went? I think that points #1 & 2 seem reasonable. Maybe a percentage of handle should go into a fund designated for retired horses. I'm against point 3 & 4. And point #5 is unattainable. I have read, watched, and  listened to Mikes podcast. Seen the pics he posted. Makes me sick. I have to think that there are at least a few decent people in the game who care about the horses. Outside of making money on them.

Yours is a reasonable answer.    1 and 2 are your preferences.
Here's the issues with those.
1. Mike would tell you being a buggy horse is inhumane.    I will tell you, many of the Amish horses are going for meat.     This option wouldn't even come close to handling the horses available.
2. Think of an owner that buys 10 horses per year.   5 of those horses are still racing after a year.   That owner will be paying for 5 retirees per year.     5 x $500 per month = $30k/year
Sorry, never going to happen.   For most owners, these aren't pets, they are expenses and when they don't come close to covering costs, they are gone.

Sorry, but this is the reality of the decisions that need to be made and the 1000's of horses that need to be retired/disposed of each year. 

Most B tracks and some A tracks will no longer exist a decade from now. Uncoupling from the casinos is inevitable. Taxpayers will be tired of subsidizing a dying sport/hobby. Harness tracks will have been turned into apartments or land for flea markets.
What is your game plan for future employment?

Do you want to make it a combo for an extra .99 cents?

Trig, I would have thought you'd think #2 would be a good thing. About 10 years ago, we went to Churchill Downs for a tour and they took us to a retirement farm for throughbreds. I never asked how it was funded though.

Glen Chihuahua Cock serves you 5 plates of shit and you choose to eat any of it...

This is what I posted to that...read or look up...

How about horses get their health assessed.

Then they have options.

See what's best for them on what they like and their abilities.

Or just being a horse and not serving humans at all, and humans serving them.