Hmmm...

[TGJB]

Judging by the way Jake is going after Baffert, I’m guessing BB is no longer buying both products.

[Boscar Obarra]

Might be the only website still on the internet, with audio files in self extracting EXE format .

[richiebee]

Also Hmmm worthy: Coverage of Baffert Arkansas fiasco seems to have disappeared
from the Paulick Report? I hope I am wrong. Did BB send a legal mouthpiece a
huffing and a puffing? Did an advertiser threaten to pull out if Baffert coverage
continued?

If Baffert had two bad tests at OP May 2, there should be a suspension involved,
even though the Barnses could probably keep the operation running and if I can
work two jobs remotely I am sure Baffert can train his string remotely.

A 15 or even a 30 day suspension of Bob Baffert would send a message equally as
important as the short prison terms which might be awaiting Servis and Navarro;
that message would be that no one is beyond sanctioning, that no one is \"too big
to fail\".

[TGJB]

If, as reported, it was Lidocaine, there’s no comparison with the Navarro/Servis stuff. Lidocaine is not a performance enhancer, nobody would intentionally use it in a race, let alone think they could get away with it.

[hooper]

There is a difference in topical and injectable lidocaine.
Just another reason why public vet records would be nice for the game.

[richiebee]

JB:

I guess we will see who has the stronger stuff if Maximum Security gets back to
the races for Baffert. It should be fascinating to observe, because here you have
a horse that Servis was working 1/2 miles in .53 and .54, now trained by a man
whose trademark is working his charges faster than most trainers (and faster than
many horses run in the afternoon).

At this point a 15-30 day suspension would be akin to a Lifetime Achievement
Award, and would include the Thyroxine incident (seven fatalities, trainer
unpunished) and the Scopolamine snafu (Justify, Triple Crown winner who should
have been ineligible for the Derby).

[Strike]

I read somewhere that it was a new designer drug and not lidocaine. If true, I am sure the defense will be that the drug wasn\'t on the banned list (because it is a new drug). NY Times did say it was lidocaine though.

[moosepalm]

TGJB Wrote:
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> Judging by the way Jake is going after Baffert,
> I’m guessing BB is no longer buying both
> products.

\"It\'s nothing personal, Sonny -- it\'s strictly business.\"

[Boscar Obarra]

yep.

 twitter haters wasting all that venom on a big fat nothing

[JohnTChance]

Baffert buys? Y’mean people actually pay for these things?