Re: [Derby] No honor among thieves
I would most assuredly agree with you except for this:
Saffie Joseph Suspended 15 Days For Gabapentin Positive; Artie's Princess
Disqualified From Grade 2 Win - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report
Presque Isles is owned by CDI. So he has given them a reason to
institute what I consider draconian measures.
On Sat, May 6, 2023 at 8:15 AM Mark Peel via Derby
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> In politics, what Churchill Downs has done in banning Saffie Joseph is
> called "performative." Churchill Downs Inc. is interested in one thing and
> it's not "the welfare of our equine athletes"--it's the fabulous money
> machine we know as The Kentucky Derby. The vulture capitalists at CDI have
> priced the Derby out of the reach of ordinary horse players through a
> ticketing system that Jeff Bezos might have devised, and milked what little
> was left of Arlington Park and Calder before bulldozing both tracks for
> real estate developers.
>
> I was glad they banned Bob Baffert because Baffert's record begged for
> censure. I just wish it had been some other body wielding the punishment.
> Churchill Downs loved Baffert until his practices came to light and might
> tarnish the brand. Then they made a calculation and decided it was better
> for the brand to take the moral high ground at a time when Baffert was
> especially vulnerable. I don't have much respect for either party.
>
> Now Saffie Joseph is getting the treatment. I don't know anything about
> Saffie Joseph other than that he has the courage to be seen in ugly shirts
> and a hideous hair-do. He may or may not be drugging unsound horses to get
> them to the starting gate, I don't know. And that's one reason why I'm
> growing weary defending the sport I love to people who don't. Because I
> don't think Saffie Joseph is doing anything that isn't being done by every
> other trainer who's bringing a horse to the saddling stall today.
> Civres
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Saffie Joseph Suspended 15 Days For Gabapentin Positive; Artie's Princess
Disqualified From Grade 2 Win - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report
Presque Isles is owned by CDI. So he has given them a reason to
institute what I consider draconian measures.
On Sat, May 6, 2023 at 8:15 AM Mark Peel via Derby
> In politics, what Churchill Downs has done in banning Saffie Joseph is
> called "performative." Churchill Downs Inc. is interested in one thing and
> it's not "the welfare of our equine athletes"--it's the fabulous money
> machine we know as The Kentucky Derby. The vulture capitalists at CDI have
> priced the Derby out of the reach of ordinary horse players through a
> ticketing system that Jeff Bezos might have devised, and milked what little
> was left of Arlington Park and Calder before bulldozing both tracks for
> real estate developers.
>
> I was glad they banned Bob Baffert because Baffert's record begged for
> censure. I just wish it had been some other body wielding the punishment.
> Churchill Downs loved Baffert until his practices came to light and might
> tarnish the brand. Then they made a calculation and decided it was better
> for the brand to take the moral high ground at a time when Baffert was
> especially vulnerable. I don't have much respect for either party.
>
> Now Saffie Joseph is getting the treatment. I don't know anything about
> Saffie Joseph other than that he has the courage to be seen in ugly shirts
> and a hideous hair-do. He may or may not be drugging unsound horses to get
> them to the starting gate, I don't know. And that's one reason why I'm
> growing weary defending the sport I love to people who don't. Because I
> don't think Saffie Joseph is doing anything that isn't being done by every
> other trainer who's bringing a horse to the saddling stall today.
> Civres
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