Truth be told, Rich Strike needs a new trainer, a new owner and a new jockey - and possibly a new career. No doubt he's good horse, but he got really lucky once. He needs people capable of laying out a somewhat achievable campaign. Send him to Rick Dutrow in New York. He'll get to the bottom of him. Feel bad for the horse - and no one else.
I thought about Dutrow. It’s really the perfect pairing. I really don’t think the horse lacks talent, it’s just really difficult to be a deep closer with the small field sizes that we tend to see in stake races.WarBiscuit wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 1:14 pmTruth be told, Rich Strike needs a new trainer, a new owner and a new jockey - and possibly a new career. No doubt he's good horse, but he got really lucky once. He needs people capable of laying out a somewhat achievable campaign. Send him to Rick Dutrow in New York. He'll get to the bottom of him. Feel bad for the horse - and no one else.
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As a counterpoint, Brant is a convicted felon and Sheikh Mo has a list of human rights violations a mile long... it's always interesting to see how we react to "low-class" drama when racing has quite a few odious figures from all walks of life. Klarman is pretty chill, though, as far as I know.
True true, plenty of owners (or most of the big ones?) definitely have some skeletons in their non horse racing closets, I was just more referring to how Dawson has been so vocal in the management, or mismanagement, of Rich Strike. The talk of legacy this week, the comments of “unacceptable” travel plans to Dubai.Tessablue wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 2:44 pmAs a counterpoint, Brant is a convicted felon and Sheikh Mo has a list of human rights violations a mile long... it's always interesting to see how we react to "low-class" drama when racing has quite a few odious figures from all walks of life. Klarman is pretty chill, though, as far as I know.
Not to say that there's anyone particularly admirable in this situation, and I don't think I'd want to have dinner with any of them. Leaking text messages, gossiping about each other, and fighting over media rights? Pretty embarrassing stuff, though my impression is that it's moreso from the owner than the trainer. A shame, because the horse is nice. He deserves to have serious people around him, and that seems to be an unlikely prospect moving forward.
I don’t know if anything Zayat did was considered to be felonious, but if so two consecutive TC winners would have been bred and campaigned by felons.Tessablue wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 2:44 pmAs a counterpoint, Brant is a convicted felon and Sheikh Mo has a list of human rights violations a mile long... it's always interesting to see how we react to "low-class" drama when racing has quite a few odious figures from all walks of life. Klarman is pretty chill, though, as far as I know.
Not to say that there's anyone particularly admirable in this situation, and I don't think I'd want to have dinner with any of them. Leaking text messages, gossiping about each other, and fighting over media rights? Pretty embarrassing stuff, though my impression is that it's moreso from the owner than the trainer. A shame, because the horse is nice. He deserves to have serious people around him, and that seems to be an unlikely prospect moving forward.
Thank you. Was thinking the same. Pletcher is no saint.Flanders wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 4:21 pm The thing I really don't understand is the "OMG its that blessed angel Pletcher, we can't say anything and must keep these all quiet!" I checked Thoroughbredrulings, he hasn't had anything listed on there from Florida since 2018. So its 5 drug violations just from Florida that there hasn't been a peep about. If it was Baffert we all know what would be happening.
And then people trying to get Baffert's name into the news because a horse he had previously trained and that sold in April at the Keeneland HORA sale is on the KHRC Vet List for intra-articular injection. And its Sahadi doing the witch hunt because she still mad about the "The Deputy" joke/comment from 40 years ago. But Kentucky just puts the last trainer the horse raced for on the vet list, not the current one.
As I've been trying to say on here for years, Pletcher's past is pretty similar to Baffert's, people just seem to forget or pretend it didn't happen.
None of the above. You went wrong way, it was Affirmed's.BaroqueAgain1 wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 4:39 pm Who was the felon who bred and/or campaigned Justify? John Gunther? Elliot Walden? China Horse Club?
No its not. Which means its environmental contamination. Repole said he spent $20 million on horses last year and he'll spend $20 million fighting this. So we'll have to wait and see how it plays out.
Only 10 days and 1000 dollars despite multiple previous drug positives. Ugh.
What is the proposed route of environmental exposure? A better article. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... -suspended
Silvestre De Sousa has today lodged an appeal against the length of the ban.Northport wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 5:24 am Silvestre De Sousa is a three time Champion Jockey in Britain. He also was at one point a retained rider for outfits like Godolphin and King Power Racing. He was let go from King Power last year and decided to move his tack to Hong Kong for more opportunities and better prize money, as his offers for rides in big races in Europe had dropped off a cliff.
Well, he has now been banned for 10 months by the Hong Kong Jockey Club for “facilitating” a bet by a fellow jockey on a horse he was riding. The article doesnt offer much more elaboration on what exactly that means or how he did it. But for a guy who moved across the globe to earn better money to support his family, it just doesnt make much sense.
https://www.racingpost.com/news/interna ... tid=Zxz2cZ
Oh....that's just...gross imaginingMylute wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 8:20 am ‘My Left Arm Was Just Dangling’: Chantal Sutherland’s Monmouth Plans Delayed By Fowl Play At Gulfstream
https://paulickreport.com/news/people/m ... ulfstream/
Geese at Gulfstream Park spooked Chantal's mount, who through her off, and she broke her arm at her shoulder (?). It sounds like track officials denied the incident, for some reason.