http://www.drf.com/news/preciado-banned-parx-racing
\'bout time - maybe i can finally go back to handicapping the horses down there instead of the vets..
Gee, no one gave me the word, what was the parlay?
\"But Preciado is not going quietly. On Sunday and Monday at Parx, Preciado won all seven races in which he had a starter. \"
Did Oscar leave on such a high note? Damn. In your face.
So his assistant runs the stable for a while. No penalty at all.
Oscar went out with a whimper. Last winner was Final Road and then he lost about 80 in a row if memory serves.
If this was it for RP, he goes out a winner.
Ran 2 in the PARX nightcap. Que Facil was 5th of 7 at 9/2. Your 9/10 winner was the aptly-named No Returns, by Put it Back, out of Hot Canary.
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> Oscar went out with a whimper. Last winner was
> Final Road and then he lost about 80 in a row if
> memory serves.
I remember Harvey Pack semi-joking about Oscar\'s \"magic\", and the ensuing cold streak, at a DRF Handicapping Expo awhile back:
"Oscar Barrera won everything in sight, and I went into Jerry McKeon, who was president of NYRA, and I said, 'The trainers, they're being discouraged, they see Oscar doing this.' I said, 'What, you think he's that much better?'
And he said, 'Well, he may be the best trainer that ever lived.'
And when he went 0 for 98, I went in to Jerry and I said, 'Imagine, he woke up one morning and forgot how to train.'"
Yes, he was a Shifty Sheik
According to this 2014 reprise, the streak was 130.
http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/remembering-miracle-man-trainer-oscar-barrera/
Oscar had some Oriental kid , I forget his name, that handled his castoffs in NJ and I imagine other places. I once asked him if he knew anything, and he said no.
I wasn\'t shocked.