Comments on: SHOULD THE WINNINGEST THOROUGHBRED TRAINER OF ALL TIME BE IN THE HALL OF FAME? http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/should-the-winningest-thoroughbred-trainer-of-all-time-be-in-the-hall-of-fame-1713.htm William Shanklin Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Don Waun http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/should-the-winningest-thoroughbred-trainer-of-all-time-be-in-the-hall-of-fame-1713.htm/comment-page-1#comment-392 Don Waun Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:33:33 +0000 http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/?p=1713#comment-392 you guys are pathetic, where do you think he got these horses from?... HOF trainers dropping horses into his barn... but lets only blame him... its the way the industry works... and for one, he never sold direct to the slaughter houses, he sold to auctions, where meat buyers would show up... you guys are pathetic, where do you think he got these horses from?… HOF trainers dropping horses into his barn… but lets only blame him… its the way the industry works… and for one, he never sold direct to the slaughter houses, he sold to auctions, where meat buyers would show up…

]]> By: lk867 http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/should-the-winningest-thoroughbred-trainer-of-all-time-be-in-the-hall-of-fame-1713.htm/comment-page-1#comment-231 lk867 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:47:46 +0000 http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/?p=1713#comment-231 I agree that Baird does not belong in the HOF. But where do the HOF entry standards say that his sending horses to slaughter should be taken into account? A voter is not supposed to use their personal opinions. As for Baird running through several hundred horses a year, how is this different from Lukas, Pletcher and others who go thru a lot of horses? I agree that Baird does not belong in the HOF. But where do the HOF entry standards say that his sending horses to slaughter should be taken into account? A voter is not supposed to use their personal opinions. As for Baird running through several hundred horses a year, how is this different from Lukas, Pletcher and others who go thru a lot of horses?

]]> By: Chris Lally http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/should-the-winningest-thoroughbred-trainer-of-all-time-be-in-the-hall-of-fame-1713.htm/comment-page-1#comment-230 Chris Lally Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:18:25 +0000 http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/?p=1713#comment-230 The horse trainers are the assistants to the athletes and the horses are the athletes. I think we should not look up to a trainer or coach who abused his athletes. It would be like putting a gymnastics trainer in the gymnastics hall of fame after abusing the youngsters he was in charge of. The Hall of Fame is place where our heros are enshrined. As I go through the museum on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, I do not want to be reminded of the thousands of nameless Excellers because of Dale Baird's plaque. No thank you, I would rather not. The horse trainers are the assistants to the athletes and the horses are the athletes. I think we should not look up to a trainer or coach who abused his athletes. It would be like putting a gymnastics trainer in the gymnastics hall of fame after abusing the youngsters he was in charge of.

The Hall of Fame is place where our heros are enshrined. As I go through the museum on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, I do not want to be reminded of the thousands of nameless Excellers because of Dale Baird’s plaque. No thank you, I would rather not.

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