Re: California Beyers (564 Views)
Posted by:
Saddlecloth (IP Logged)
Date: March 06, 2005 02:08PM
TGJB wrote:
> Rick Arthur is the guy in charge of testing in California. When
> they first came up with positives, he announced the names of
> two of the trainers (Mullins and Cerin), but not the third
> because, he said, that one had in effect given his word that it
> was a screw-up, and they weren't worried about him (turned out
> to be Canani) because "We know who's been naughty and who's
> been nice".
>
> Then last week he announced that they hadn't been able to test
> for milkshakes three days, but it had been an "honest error"--
> the vet who was doing it had needed some days off, and they
> didn't have a backup. Let me get this straight-- YOU DIDN'T
> KNOW AFTER THE FIRST DAY YOU HAD A PROBLEM??
>
> In today's LA Times it now comes out that Arthur is a regular
> working vet who the track hired to do the job, rather than
> bring in one of their own. Meaning, he's the vet for SIX
> trainers he is policing, and potentially could be hired by any
> of the others.
>
> Delmar Deb might want to chime in with other stuff, but I'm
> having a very hard time keeping my comments suitable for family
> viewing here.
>
>
I am glad I do this for fun is all I can say. How long has mandella been using this vet? Since they started the testing, could mandella be that sneaky?