Re: Not that there's anything wrong with it (732 Views)
Posted by:
Silver Charm (IP Logged)
Date: December 09, 2002 05:14PM
Frank M. wrote
"Byrne let the vet fall on his sword, or his needle as the case may be".
Does'nt it always work this way. Byrne after a brief appeal was given a six month suspension, which he served the following spring, while his assistant Kevin Wiley handled his horses. The incident was so damaging to his career that he subsquently added Mike Tabor and Bob and Beverly Lewis to his list of clients.
This got me thinking, TGJB since you are always on the cutting edge, and to divert your attention away from all the Ragozin idiots who are going to be bombarding this BB with their childish blather. Have you ever thought about posting vet statistics like the trainer stats? I mean whats more important, a hot trainer or a hot vet over the last 90 days. How about trainer/vet combination statistics. Steve Crist, Editor in Chief of the Daily Racing Form, could also publish statistics such as leading vets by earnings, number of wins. There could even be an Eclipse award for the nations leading Vet and Bob Baffert could present the award.
Here is a scenario:
Horse A is receiving first time lasix from a trainer who is 10% FTL but the Vet is 30% FTL.
Horse B is receiving FTL from a trainer who is 30% FTL but the Vet is 10% FTL.
Both horses are 4-1. Which one do you bet?