Chuckles:

Dont know why I am replying, but here goes.

The same document which allows you freedom of expression, for which you thanked
our host profusely, unfortunately mandates the following:

1) A certain NFL star, accused of hateful indecencies against animals, is
innocent until proven guilty;

2) A certain NBA referee, accused of being what amounts to an employee of the
Gambino crime family, is innocent until proven guilty;

3) A certain French horse trainer, already excluded from the sport in Hong
Kong, is allowed to continue to train racehorses even though those horses might
one day just as likely be seen slithering through the grass rather than running
over it;

4) A certain baseball star, chasing one of the most iconic records in sports, is
allowed to continue his chase even though it is possible he will have process
served upon him as he crosses home plate after belting number 756.

Aint that America/ Home of the Free

Now repeat after me: "Our Todd is an awesome Todd."

TAP will retire holding just about every major training record when all is said
and done. This is not to say that he is a better horseman than the Whiteleys,the
Jones boys, MacK Miller, Mott, McGaughey, Whittingham, the man you
call "Jerkins", Mandella, etc.

TAP has taken the model created by his mentor, DWL, and expanded on it and
perfected it. TAP has built an equine empire whereby he has the privilege of
training for some of the top owners in the country. Of course, one day someone
will write a book about TAP just like the book that Steve Crist wrote about DWL
documenting some of the high priced failures which never made the races. (I
think the name of the book is "Lukas at Auction" and I think the book concluded
that for all of Gene Klein's high profile victories with Lukas, the Klein
stable was not profitable). [CORRECTION: LUKAS AT AUCTION WAS AUTHORED BY JOE
BAGAN; STEVE CRIST MAY HAVE COMMENTED ON THE BOOK OR REVIEWED IT].

I do not know what Pletcher's lifetime record is in terms of number of horses
saddled. Between 10,000 and 15,000? One positive. Mepivocaine. (sp)? The way
that Pletcher's far reaching stable is run, with deputies given most of the
responsibility for the day to day maintenance of the runners, it is almost
unfair to hold him to the strict liability of the trainer responsibility rule,
but that is the price he must pay for being the trainer of record for this
large number of runners.

Pletcher fought the suspension based on that one positive. I remember that this
upset me at the time, that an appeal should take more than 2-1/2 years to run
its course, that it was a mockery of the entire process. Now I kind of admire
him, for fighting to protect what has been a clean record. I
especially admire his protection of his own reputation when I consider the
record of another Allday client, the man Robespierre calls RD2, whose runners
routinely test positive on the NY circuit; RD2 invariably waives his right of
appeal, for which he is always rewarded by the stewards with a reduced
suspension.

Now lets get to Doc Allday, the man in the white Mercedes. I know nothing about
him except what I read on this board, and that he is entrusted with some of the
world's most valuable horseflesh, which includes RTR (when they go to breed her
or sell her foals, the discussion will not be about whether her Belmont TG and
Beyer #s were inflated). I do know that when a vet is under suspicion or
eventually caught, Racing has historically not been kind to said vet (Doc
Galvin, ie and "google" if you want Leonard Patrick, DVM; it also seems that
Rod Stewart, Biancone's vet, is on the hot seat.)

Though we disagree here, I'm glad you have returned. Loose cannons (I count
myself as one) occasionally hit the target. If you're at the Spa this weekend,
I'll buy you a soda pop.