This board seems to be a radically anti-juice trainer and anti-Allday board. I'm aware of the widespread cheating (drug use) that's going on, and i'm hip to the fact that vets and trainers are way too aggressive---but I've done so well betting over the last few years, that I'm starting to worry that a clean game might not be in my best interest.

the latest casuilty in the milkshake incident is Adam Kitchingman. I'm really upset about that--because I've been looking forward to betting Kitchingman at Del Mar later this year. He has a lifetime training record of 7-for-20 (35% wins) at Del Mar. Kitchingman won at a 29% clip in the rookie season of 2003 going 12-for-42. Last year he went 21-for-94 (22% wins) Since the trainers have come under scrutiny in 2005, Kitch is just 2-for-22 (9% wins) overall, and a dismal 1-for-15 at Santa Anita. He seems to have lost his magic wand.

As for Jeff Mullins, he's lost 18 consecutive races as of today. His longest losing streak of all of 2004 was just a 17 race slide that ended on March 5th of 2004. It's getting bad for us when someone as invincible as Mullins has been reduced to being a near throwout type trainer.

If all horses ran on hay, oats, and water- the trainer would go from being one of the central factors in the handicapping process- to being only a factor in instances dealing with First Time Starters, or layoffs. I can only speak for myself, but I don't really know if I would want that to happen.