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Cool the Lava Man hysteria

By Bill Finley
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, September 25, 2009

The news that Lava Man is on the comeback trail has elicited a hysterical response from far and wide, including invective accusations that trainer Doug O'Neill and owners Jason Wood and Steve Kenly are greedy, callous and uncaring. That's not fair. If done right, there's no reason why Lava Man's comeback can't be successful. These are not reckless people and they seem like they know what they are doing. O'Neill has never been the type of trainer to push horses beyond their limits or race them w ...

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