I love the timing. This week Team Valor trainer Todd Pletcher's appeal was turned
down in the administrative court of last resort. Next stop: the courts of New
York State.

The best racing action in NY over the next few years will probably be played out
in court. You have the blockbuster NYRA bankruptcy proceedings in Fed court, the
horsemen suing NYRA to protect their purse moneys, and now maybe TAP going to
court to defend his honor. And Bud Selig (who has done such a wonderful job of
managing the drug problem in his Sport) calling into question a potential
conflict of interest with Steinbrenner's son in law who apparently could be
at the head of both NY Racing and the NY Yankees in the near future.

The medication debate is always a lively one-- and an intelligent one-- on this
Board but I still don't see anybody writing that letter that says "I will no
longer bet on racing in your state" or "I will no longer bet on races where
Trainer "X" has an entrant".

Yeah I'm being kind of cynical tonight, seeing that there is a letter from the
IRS in today's mail. I am assuming it is not a check.

It reminds me of one of my favorite lines in any movie. In TIN MEN, Danny Devito
is sitting at the dinner table with his wife (Barbara Hershey) going through the
mail. He gets a letter from the IRS, and, in a perfect Baltimore accent, says
something like "What? Is there a road crew up on a hill somewhere waiting for my
money so they can keep working?"