I thought it was interesting that Incognito ran without Lasix BUT he recieved the most Pre Race Medication of all the horses in the Belmont. Here is a Link so you all can see exactly what each horse recieved Pre Race.

http://www.gaming.ny.gov/pdf/06.05.13.BelmontStakesVetRecs.pdf

I must be one of the lucky ones I have had my Twinspires account since they opened for business and I did not get a letter.

I have never understood all the negative feelings for this horse and his connections. I get sick of hearing \"he has never beat a decent horse.\"  THe bottom line in this game is too win as many races as possible and Kudos to his connections for putting in the right spots.

If you are talking about the overall Quality of racing IMO hands down Saratoga is Better heck there will be days that Delmar will card 7 of the 9 races for Claimers.

Congrats to those of you who did well here myself this is the one race I played yesterday that I felt really confident in.  Agree with you Spa if Seaside Retreat would have had a little better racing Luck he may have got the money.  It will be interesting to see what kind of # the top 2 get here.


Good Luck THe General

Davidrex only thing I will differ with on your analysis is I know for a fact Seaside Retreat Was absolutely prepped and pointed for this race. Thats why he stayed at home in his last start the Charlie Barley. He is primed to fire a big one today and if he comes back to his top in the Lanes End he will be a major player here.

I rarely speak up (just mostly read), but A step in the right direction I am not so sure about that. I would have to know more specifics but I can think of lots and lots of scenerio\'s were this policy would not work.  For instance what if a  horse were to get sick or Sustain a Minor injury. There are alot of medications that can be used to treat an Illness or injury that are banned to run on.  

I can see randomly testing a horse from the point of entry until said horse runs but why in the world would you test  horse that ran 3 weeks ago and maybe has no intentions of running for another 3 weeks.

That is why I am thinking there has to be a whole lot more to this than simply testing a horse at anytime for any reason

I am not defending NYRA at all here but when \"Leroy\" was entered on Wed there was never any intention of him running in the aluminum pads it was only on friday when when the \"Aluminum Pads\" were taken off and Regular shoes put back on that it was discovered that Leroy could not Walk thats when the Aluminum Pads were put back on and the descision to run in them was made.  


Funny thing (not so funny now) I knew this and never used Leroy in a Pic 3 or Pic 4 ticket and still missed them all.

THe General