Re: pletcher (697 Views)
Posted by:
HP (IP Logged)
Date: June 30, 2005 09:54AM
Michael D and class,
(1) Pletcher has had positives before. Here's a link to a court brief involving one of Pletcher's suspensions (in Fla.).
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/dawson/cases/racing/donk.htm
(2) This was from a bulletin board thing I found:
"In 2002 at Saratoga, as some of you may remember, three Todd Pletcher trained horses died in a week, all after running devastatingly impressive races. Left Bank stretched out to 1 1/8 miles in the Whitney, sat off a fast pace and blew away Street Cry, Lido Palace and Evening Attire. Warners, a promising but so far disapointing 3YO, won by 10 ( while dropping from 2-1 to even money as the field left the gate ) and a 2YO filly dueled through excruciating fractions in the Adirondack, only to draw away and win by 5 or more. All three of these horses were dead within days.
Coincidence?
Whether it was a coincidence or not, I wonder how the press and folks on this message board would have treated this tragic occurance if the trainer had been D. Wayne Lukas and not Todd Pletcher (yes, I know Pletcher was an assistant for Lukas, so maybe this is a bad example)
It infuriates me when certain trainers get a pass when their horses are injured or die, but others get put on the hot seat time and time again."
HP