It is interesting, because one of the offenses detailed in the complaint is that Wygod publicly stated that Sweet Catomine was fit to run, but in fact she needed to be in the hyperbaric chamber a few days before the race, had a foot problem of some sort, came into season that week, etc. Canani also made similar public statements, according to the article on the DRF website. This article states that during an NTRA teleconference on April 5th, Canani said Sweet Catomine was "doing great" and "training super." So you would think Canani is in the soup with Wygod on that one, right?

Now, according to the L.A. Times article today, Wygod is in full spin. He was assured by Canani and his vets that Sweet Catomine was fine. If that's true, why make the statement to NBC that "she isn't quite right" (Wygod's own characterization)? Why make the statements about her condition to Tim Layden, the Sports Illustrated reporter?

Most incredibly, Wygod now blames the van driver for the false statements made about Sweet Catomine's identity to track personnel. The quote for the year so far might be this one: "I think he [the van driver] did what was done on his own. We had said that there would be a lot of curiosity seekers, and we wanted everything done low-profile . . . but never did we want him to do what he did."

Right, all those reporters and curiosity-seekers hanging around the Santa Anita backstretch gate at 3:15 a.m.