Reprinted from Thursday’s Opinion…

If a horse is unfairly compromised at the gate because of a mistake by the handler or a faulty gate, the horse is usually declared a ‘non-starter”.   If someone would look at the stats on horses that break through the gate and need to be reloaded, I am certain any sane individual would come to the same conclusion for this case as for the other cases.   Hey, that’s just my opinion.