Re: Asmussen gets 6 months (627 Views)
Posted by:
miff (IP Logged)
Date: June 27, 2006 03:23PM
JB said:
"Asmussen starts 2,500 horses a year, has an awful lot to lose, and would only have to get caught once"
Jerry,
Thats a kinda weak argument. Plecther, Dutrow,Frankel, Mullins et al have an awful lot to lose too, no? Like I said the other day,these guys are walking a tightrope and getting away with it for the most part.
Also, most of these guys have stables at a few different tracks and may not have first hand knowledge of each and every legal med given by a vet.I agree that it makes no sense to use something they know will be detected.Sometimes a drug which is permitted days out, stays longer than usual in a horses system which creates positives.
The magic bullet, however, is alive, well and still undetected.
Mike