Re: We Can Bring the Heat (463 Views)
Posted by:
TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: November 11, 2004 01:21PM
Michael, you are not going to like this, but as of at least the 03 Saratoga meet, Pletcher's vet was... you guessed it, Steve Allday. Which doesn't mean he isn't also a good horseman.
I have pushed hard recently with two different racing bodies to have a vet of record listed on the program, and responsible and punishable to the same degree the trainer is. That, race day detention barns, and freezing of the blood samples of the winner and a random horse each race (according to my source costing about $18k annually in California) would go a long way to solving the problem.
TGJB