TDN - Using Speed Figures to Track Possible Cheaters

[confused]

This is a very informative thread and I hesitate to deflect it with a \'not entirely relevant\' comment.  But here goes: I think you might find that Bobby Frankel\'s west coast career made a sharp upward turn after Chad Brown joined his barn, fresh out of his internship with the vet in Kentucky (at least I think it was Kentucky).  I remember sitting in the Santa Anita clubhouse, watching Frankel\'s runner after runner rebreaking at the head of the lane and cruising home.  The feeling was palpable that we were watching something happen that was extraordinary (emphasis on extraordinary).

[confused]

FYI, the vet was Stephen Allday.

[TGJB]

Close, but as far as I know it was Allday, not Chad, whose work for Frankel coincided (ahem) with the moveups.

[confused]

That\'s sort of my point.  Check Chad\'s start day with Frankel....2002.

[bluechip21]

As one of the younger horseplayers here I must ask, what was the view on Frankel while he was training? Was he regarded as a clean trainer or was he viewed as “one of those guys?”

[hellersorr]

Think Barry Bonds.  A  terrific talent, and then he hit 73 home runs.