\"Mr. Mullins , you are a bad boy. That will be 90 days, but, ahh, phuckit, you only have to serve 20. Happy New Year Jeff!\"
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2008/February/16/Mullins-suspended-by-Santa-Anita-stewards.aspx
Now I ask you, what\'s the point?
Mullins cited for a mepivocaine overage-- mepivocaine the supposedly \"harmless\"
med which has lead to recent suspensions of Pletcher, Asmussen, Lake, O\'Neil
and others.
I read a newspaper article which said that Vladimir Syringe has 1 medication
violation for every 152 or so starters... that\'s quite a record. Take a bow,
Vlado. Right behind Vlado were Jack Carava with 1 positive every 155 starts
and Jeff Mullins, 1 positive every 182 starts. Mullins was asked to comment for
the article and said: \"I aint talking about it. If you want to hear about it,
talk to my attorney.\" (Sign on San Diego.com, San Diego Union Tribune, July 16,
2007).
But there is good news: The Breeders Cup will be held for the next 2 years in
a state which has an absolutely awful record with regard to medication
violations. Yes I know there is someone named Rick Arthur who is working very
hard at fixing what\'s broken, but do not forget that a few years ago Cal
stewards and the CHRB were cutting back door deals with violators. And there
was the awful instance of a stakes class filly being moved onto and off of the
backstretch under an assumed name in the middle of the night in order that she
might be treated away from prying eyes.
Syringe, Doug O\'Needle and Jeff (\"all horseplayers are a--holes\") Mullins. If
California really cared about cleaning the game up, these high profile repeat
offenders would have their stall allocations reduced after each offense. If
Racing ever wants to be free of drugs, PUNISH offenders and BANISH repeat
offenders.
Maybe Jerry can present this point when he goes to the hearings.
Richiebee,
I think you mean \"DRUG\" O\'neill.
NC Tony
Thanks to a person to person missive from a TG lurker who probably wishes to
remain anonymous, I must correct my previous post--
As far as I can ascertain, Doug O\'Neill has never been sanctioned for
unauthorized use of mepivicaine, nor has Scott Lake. You can remove them from
the list, but add Rick Dutrow, who was cited for a mepivicaine overage in 2003.
O\'Neill has been cited for 2 TCO2 overages in the past 6 months, and Lake had 3
positives for clenbuterol in late 2006.
In order to confirm the error of my ways, I \"googled\" \"CHRB Medication Reports\".
After visiting this site I am convinced as I ever was that the State of
California,as far as the use of barred medications by trainers is concerned,
is still the Wild, Wild West.
LOL...Vladimir Syringe...That was good...
C\'mon Lost, that\'s an old one.
I just heard of a new comedian named George Carlin. He\'s pretty funny.
Doug O\'neil busted again for TCO2
http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=44294&source=rss