Re: Listen... (530 Views)
Posted by:
moosepalm (IP Logged)
Date: May 10, 2021 10:30PM
TGJB Wrote:
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> I have no dog in this fight. But someone please
> explain to me why a guy would use a drug
>
> a) that doesn't move a horse up
>
> b) that he knows there's a test for
>
> c) because he's had a positive for it before,
> after which he swore publicly they would never
> allow it in the barn again.
>
> Walk me through the risk/reward on this. I have no
> idea whether Baffert is using something, but if he
> is it ain't this stuff. He's not an idiot.
JB, without putting all that on the scale for a moment, I wanted to highlight your seminar comment:
"a lot of Baffert horses move forward when they leave California."
Is this common? Has it been true for John Sadler or Pete Miller when they bring a string to Arkansas? I'm not asking this with an edge, just trying to add to a meager knowledge base. However, to be fair, it could be asked with an edge.
To your main contentions, above, if all the answers favor Baffert, and it still comes down to a violation, however clean his hands might have been, he will still take the fall if he's crossed the wrong people. It's no different than in law enforcement where, if they want to get you on a technicality, and they can hurt you by doing so, they will.