1. It should be pointed out that the trainer of PLEASANT HOME [since mid-year 2005] uses the same veterinarian as Todd Pletcher. PLEASANT HOME\'s instant \"move up\" was the eye-popper of the afternoon. Add him to your list.
2. People shouldn\'t see this merely as a \"level of bicarbonates\" problem. I\'m amazed how people harp on this, to the exclusion of the real problem: steroids [see that recent article by Bergstein]. The 8-hour detention barn does nothing to stop a Dutrower that\'s been steroided during a layoff - many days or weeks before the race - and has been growing into his enhanced new levels in bullet work after bullet work. [See Dutrow\'s BC Sprint winner. Textbook Dutrow. How many times have we seen that from him?]
3. I also think that it\'s hypocritical, on one hand, for certain people to complain about the problem, and then on the other hand, to give horses to the Mike Mitchell\'s of the world. [Jerry, how \'bout you? Have you ever used trainer Mike Mitchell? See the ThoroGraphs of those Mike Mitchell move-ups at last year\'s Gulfstream meeting. Sheesh. Move Up City!] Also, I have a vague recollection of Team Valor\'s Barry Irwin coming out a year or so ago in some celebrated editorial in the racing press and, in an effort to self-police the way his horses were trained, take away horses from certain trainers he suspected were using clenbuterol or other move-up pharmaceuticals. I forget the specifics, but, after his editorial, I think he took horses away from who...? Ralph Nicks? And gave them to... DRUM ROLL... trainer DALE ROMANS!!! Seems hypocritical to me. Heavy sigh.
JohnTChance
2. People shouldn\'t see this merely as a \"level of bicarbonates\" problem. I\'m amazed how people harp on this, to the exclusion of the real problem: steroids [see that recent article by Bergstein]. The 8-hour detention barn does nothing to stop a Dutrower that\'s been steroided during a layoff - many days or weeks before the race - and has been growing into his enhanced new levels in bullet work after bullet work. [See Dutrow\'s BC Sprint winner. Textbook Dutrow. How many times have we seen that from him?]
3. I also think that it\'s hypocritical, on one hand, for certain people to complain about the problem, and then on the other hand, to give horses to the Mike Mitchell\'s of the world. [Jerry, how \'bout you? Have you ever used trainer Mike Mitchell? See the ThoroGraphs of those Mike Mitchell move-ups at last year\'s Gulfstream meeting. Sheesh. Move Up City!] Also, I have a vague recollection of Team Valor\'s Barry Irwin coming out a year or so ago in some celebrated editorial in the racing press and, in an effort to self-police the way his horses were trained, take away horses from certain trainers he suspected were using clenbuterol or other move-up pharmaceuticals. I forget the specifics, but, after his editorial, I think he took horses away from who...? Ralph Nicks? And gave them to... DRUM ROLL... trainer DALE ROMANS!!! Seems hypocritical to me. Heavy sigh.
JohnTChance