Re: Mallpractice (782 Views)
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Mall (IP Logged)
Date: November 20, 2002 09:25PM
Julie competed at the highest levels, so I doubt that there are very many owners who knowingly placed her safety at risk. Are there trainers who place the safety of jockeys at risk? Yes, of course, and I feel even more strongly about them, because the reason is usually money, as opposed to trying to overcome a disease. Absolutely there have been and are trainers and jockeys with undisclosed alcohol and drug problems, who put the safety and property of others at risk, which is every bit as bad or worse than anything Julie Krone has ever done, but in my mind that doesn't excuse what she did. My outrage on these and many other matters was always there, but I hadn't yet discovered the world of Bds, something which some may very well wish was still the case.