Re: Hegarty, Hovdey Take on Drugs (676 Views)
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richiebee (IP Logged)
Date: August 28, 2006 09:05AM
My "all clean" team, the "hay oats and water" poster boys would include the following: William Ichabod Mott, Claude "Shug" McGaughey, H. Allen Jerkens, Richard Mandella and Ronald McInally.
These guys all have a place in that building across Union Ave from the front gate to Saratoga.
CTC, interesting that you say that Pletcher has dropped off. He's won at least 5 or 6 stakes at the Spa. At one point in March, he maintained a 30% strike rate at both Gulfstream and Aqueduct.
IMO Pletcher's strength comes from his ability to choose which animals he wants to train, and the fact that he is given as many stalls as he needs to house these high priced runners.
Pletcher's power is the power of numbers. If the thinking is that dominant trainers are bad for the sport, limit their stall allocations