Dutrow a no show

[rosewood]

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/index

[Uncle Buck]

If I was a former cocaine addict, self confessed drunk, prostitute chaser, and known rules evader, I wouldn\'t be too amped up to go sit in a congressional hearing myself. I would most likely catch the \"fear\" virus Tricky is undoubtedly suffering from. \"Sorry guys, my inner child is sick today and I must stay home with him...\"

[miff]

\"I was a former cocaine addict, self confessed drunk, prostitute chaser, and known rules evader\"


Buck,

Sounds like Tricky would fit right in with the average Senator/Congressman, no?


Mike

[Boscar Obarra]

Let me guess.
 
  \"Rick, let\'s think this through.  They ask the wrong thing and you might have to do the fifth, and I ain\'t talkin Johnny Walker here.\"

   \"No , we keep you in the detention barn till those bad boys on the hill cool off.  Yeah, thats the ticket.\"

[sighthound]

I have no love for Dutrow, but don\'t blame him a bit.  

When you are being setup as the fall guy for people that have a political agenda, and want to take over and control the sport; when you are only being invited to be attacked in public as the whipping boy for Whitfield\'s agenda, why would anyone subject themselves to that?

\"We don\'t presume it would be a panacea that would cover everything,\" Watkins said. \"But we certainly have to look at a central agency to be a part of helping get this industry where it needs to be.\"

These people are dangerous.

[Uncle Buck]

Miff - who would you rather babysit the kids? Tricky or Idaho Senator Larry Craig? I\'d choose Tricky in a heartbeat:-)

[miff]

Buck,

Thats easy,Tricky loves \"broads\"(his words) but from what I know he\'s just an over the top party guy but not a perv.

Mike

[nicely nicely]

Question from JB (phoned in from the beach):

Would it have been good for racing if Big Brown won the Triple Crown then Dutrow NOT showing up to this hearing?

[Michael D.]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/acrobat/2008-05/38903142.pdf


72 rulings.

13 drug related offenses.

[colt]

\"Your are not winning by the quarter pole if you are not cheating\".  Blame the racing jurisdictions that have enable this kind a rampant cheating.  

There are no true consequences - the idea that a Trainer can rack-up this many medication-related violations without any real backlash is the real issue here.  The Dutrow and Mullins of the world are simply playing the game on the edge per the current rules.

By the way, the steroids propaganda that congress is now making face on is a joke.  If racing really want to make an impact – ban all medications on RACEDAY and conduct pre/post test for the real stuff (EPO…milkshaking).  They can start by looking at the list of ban substances in Track & Field and develop similar testing and handout real punishment, which should also include banning the horse from racing (i.e. vet list).  

Where will the funds come?  Take it from purse money and the Breeders without increasing the takeout – you have to pay if you want to play.

[MO]

Many of the drug offenses are bute overages.

Can you or anyone else provide a similar \"rap sheet\" for some of the other trainers  who are often talked about on this board? I\'d like to see a documented comparison so as to dispell any notion that this is nothing more than a jealous rage over Dutrow winning 2 legs of the TC.

[fkach]

http://www.drf.com/news/article/95632.html

[Michael D.]

MO Wrote:
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> Many of the drug offenses are bute overages.
>
> Can you or anyone else provide a similar \"rap
> sheet\" for some of the other trainers  who are
> often talked about on this board? I\'d like to see
> a documented comparison so as to dispell any
> notion that this is nothing more than a jealous
> rage over Dutrow winning 2 legs of the TC.



It was a simple copy/paste. No jealousy or rage - just the facts.

Asmussen might have a more impressive rap sheet with the 22 drug violations, but you\'re going to have to do the research if you want to beat Tricky.

[Silver Charm]

Sammy The Bull might be the most powerful man in sports right now.

The United States Congress asked him to appear at a hearing and he told them to \"Go Bite One\"

He no single authority with the power to regulate and stop him. Making his admitted attempts at cheating a sort of \"Catch me if you can\" type thing.

He will soon have a $100M Hedge Fund bankrolling his moves.

He has multiple Media Outlets calling him a \"supertrainer and a misunderstood guy\"

Sammy the Bull has now become a modern day Al Capone with no Eliot Ness in sight............

[miff]

\"Support for a prohibition on the race-day administration of furosemide - a diuretic known as Lasix that is used to treat bleedingday injection in the lungs - came from Dr. Larry Soma, a professor of veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania\'s New Bolton Center. Soma reiterated the results of research that showed that furosemide has not demonstrated any efficacy in stopping bleeding and said that the drug was being used only as a performance-enhancing agent, citing research showing that horses administered the drug run faster and finish better than horses who do not receive a race-\"


Sight,

Can you comment.I have been told for many years by several vets that \"nothing\" can make a horse run \"faster\" than his top level of speed.It seems that Dr. Soma has research that says something else or do you think he means that lasix helps get to them to their top speed.Thanks


Mike