Re: Mitchell goes into the D-Barn... (482 Views)
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Silver Charm (IP Logged)
Date: August 05, 2005 04:56PM
These suspensions and additional R & D into stopping the new ways to cheat need to continue. The face of the sport is changing and changing rapidly. In the last two days the sport has lost one of its greatest spokesmen in Pat Day, Jerry Bailey is next and in recent years Laffit Pincay, Chris McCarron and Eddie D. moved out of the sweatbox and to the first tee. Other than Gary and Mike Smith are there any other active Hall of Fame jockeys left.
Once the Mack Millers, Woody’s, Van Bergs and Charlies moved on the only high profile hardboots left are D Wayne and Brooklyn Nick. Seems like most of the people who have been promoted to fill the void are 21st Century Jungle Chemists or Circus Clowns with everything but the facial paint and red nose.
Eliminating all the drugs and cheating will allow new responsible people to step forward. But it is going to take time.