Re: Pletcher Positive /Question for Barry Irwin (502 Views)
Posted by:
Caradoc (IP Logged)
Date: December 17, 2005 02:35PM
Speed: He HAS elaborated, in various press statements and at great length on this board. There is no assumption of the worst that you could identify in my post. If I assumed the worst, I would have said (and I did not) that he tried to paint Team Valor as the white horse in the debate on drugs, when in fact the truth is (as determined by his actions) Team Valor is somewhere in the gray. As I said above, he isn't obligated to offer any explanations to people outside Team Valor for why he hires or fires a trainer. Nonetheless, if he chooses to do so (such as giving a statement to the Thoroughbred Times) and those explanations are obviously contradicted by his own actions, then his statements, explanations and actions are fair game.