Chickens Coming Home To Roost

[TGJB]

Nothing like getting some good publicity for the game.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/horseracing/la-sp-simers18feb18,1,1225944.column?coll=la-headlines-sports-horse_raci&ctrack=3&cset=true

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

Thanx Jerry, now I see where the quote came from:

\"You feed horses oats, hay and water and you\'re going to starve here,\"

Interesting, \"good guy Cerin\" said \"the fans have NO right to know about surgery\". Well, I\'m off the Good Guy bandwagon on that shyster.



Post Edited (02-18-05 20:54)

[xichibanx]

I have to say that made the game look horrible.  However, its the same thing in racing, everyone protects their own.  Mullins, Cerin, etc they only care about themselves.  

I hope this becomes a huge story in the racing media as it may actually get Cerin, Mullins, and Canani the punishment they deserve.  

Putting on the woe is me dog and pony show will do nothing but hurt the game.

The fans have no right to know about anything, Cerin, we only pay your purse money.  

Who do we think we are?

xichibanx

[Even for Life]

Not only is the publicity terrible it comes at a horrible time with the running of the National Handicapping Championship on ESPN.

Do you think ESPN will continue to lend/link its \"brand name\" to a sport that cheats its constituents and has not only the public perception of being \"fixed\", but is validating that with the behavoir and attitude of the trainers responsible for the horses.

After reading Crist\'s article of a few weeks ago and how ESPN essentially created poker as a national phenom, I had high hopes for our sport with the potential of ESPN, a network always looking for new content/events, taking an interest. Until we clean up, that\'s as big a long shot as Smuggler\'s Run.

[gvido]

Not to muddy the waters here, but Smugglers Run had the 2nd best figure in the race, operation and shakes not withstanding.

On a separate note: One season Lukas bemoaned the job he did on Consolidator in the San Vicente may be Bob Lewis. He doesn\'t look well at all. Lukas me be trying to give Lewis one last hurrah.

[NoCarolinaTony]

Maybe they can do Players version about Horse racing Backstretch life. Just think, they can races fixed, horses shaked,epigotimuses fixed with big payouts,Jockeys barphing and purging,even a jockey opr two could use a battery charged device to make the horse go faster. Some Mafia scenes, money laundering,It make for some serious drama, and action.

I\'d watch.

[NoCarolinaTony]

They could even have a scene about a super trainer named Robbie Leknarf who was going through the delima of should he juice or not juice his hrses before the breeders cup.
With serious concerns about his career and horses legacy et al.

[Even for Life]

Smugglers Run ran a 9 at FPX in a Mcl 32k. He was coming off around a 4 month layoff and Cerin is 8% with 90+. His last # before the layoff was around 18.

Than being said, it was a terrible group of 16K claimers, that, I think came up a bit light in the early speed dept. Most horses were running in the 10-12 range.

Fixing an \"epiglottal entrapment\" can be huge. Essentially (based on the nature of the problem) you have exercise induced oxygen starvation that obviously will impact a horses performance. It is an interesting thought that this should be reported. In my mind, it can create a bigger impact on performance then gelding a horse.

An excellent book was written in 1989 called \"Specification for Speed in the Racehorse--The Airflow Factors\" written by a vet--W. Robert Cook. It is quite interesting, but a bit technical. It has chapters dealing with the relationship between airflow and racing, and impacts of airflow problems on speed.