Re: Mitchell goes into the D-Barn... (582 Views)
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Date: August 02, 2005 11:14AM
Now if they could just figure out how certain trainers continue to prosper despite things like security barns, 24 hour surveillance, and greater testing.
I am clueless, but if I had to guess I think a couple of the high profile guys are doing things that involve treatment of some sort that takes a couple of months to show results and lasts for awhile. If not steroids, something like it. Too many of the horses that come back improved after changing barns do so after freshenings. That makes it more difficult to pin them down as cheating because a legitimately superior trainer, with better facilities and better care could theoretically move a horse up after a few months.
Of course, if they do figure it out, they must then actually make sure it is illegal.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/02/2005 11:27AM by classhandicapper.