Hegarty, Hovdey Take on Drugs

[Silver Charm]

Miff, the success due to drugs and cheating of some trainers vs others is strictly conjecture and downright inflamatory.

Do I believe Pletcher toes the line and sometimes crosses it, yes. He has a pretty big operation, some very high powered, highly invested owners and things could happen that he possibly could not prevent. But the buck stops at the top.

Do I believe that both Shug and Bill Mott are clean. Absolutely yes. However for the sake of being fair those two trained two of the greatest horses in history and both ended up sterile or with major fertility issues.

Cigar and Lure.

Perhaps a study of even the legal dope they were giving them would have prevented. But without an archive I guess we will never know.