Maybe Confederate not a super horse!

[wiseowl]

People do stupid things there is nothing that said the horses received any kind of drug just race them all be glad you got a horse to race year is just about over.

[White Rabbit]

That’s and interesting perspective. Again I don’t think for second if it was any of the so called outlaw trainers the KRC would have acted the same. Owner , horse, groom, guy picking up garbage by the barn ,all would have been suspended.
This is exactly why this business is heading in the wrong direction.

[Parked]

Money talks and s—t talks…

[White Rabbit]

Does it ever. He walked into the Diamond Creek winners circle

[helpplease]

Or Takter. I wonder what Jimmy had to say when he learned his ex son in law was creeping around the barn at night

Jimmy might say.... oh shit something similar happened to me years ago in Canada. I hope he gets off as easy as I did.

[Brown jug]

maybe he will "retire" like jimmy did ...LOL!!!

[Mailbox Money]

That would be too funny if it really did repeat itself  but more like Who-fukin-larry-us! 

[wizardofoz]

If you keep allowing other horses to dictate the pace in these races, sooner or later you will get beat, as happened to several other top horses there this weekend.  At this stage, Confederate should be leading at EVERY half mile pole in every race remaining, 'no bout a doubt it'.

[Generation XYZ]

Bottom line is as I said before... Revoke the owners License. This is UNPRECEDENTED ACTIONS BY AN OWNER, or OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE. This is monumental.

[shotgunner]

Bottom line is as I said before... Revoke the owners License. This is UNPRECEDENTED ACTIONS BY AN OWNER, or OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE. This is monumental.

It’s a nothing burger. I appreciate that they actually took their punishment upfront instead of having the USTA and the state bury it until after award season and syndication rights sold before coming out with an actual positive.

[Brown jug]

maybe they had no choice but to take it now
maybe the usta got a set of balls and said these are your choices and they all involved immediate action and fines/penalties

[Generation XYZ]

maybe they had no choice but to take it now
maybe the usta got a set of balls and said these are your choices and they all involved immediate action and fines/penalties

I think this in more in line with what went down. irregardless. Its unheard of.

[wizardofoz]

If this happened in Yellowstone, they would be taken to the 'train station'.

[Miguel_Sanchez]

Anyone else in the industry gets a min of one yr. suspension and that for a random search.  These two got caught in the middle of the night pulling blood and god knows what else to a bunch of horses.  They were caught in the act with needles.  That's automatic expulsion.  That's worse than getting caught with a tube and funnel.  You CAN'T just go in and start needling your horse.  This hasn't received near the attention it should.  If one of Bafftert's owners had been caught they would never let poor Bob race anywhere every again!

[Miguel_Sanchez]

I emailed my comments to editor@harnessracingupdate.com, admin@harnesslink.com, editor@thetdn.com, garyking@thetdn.com, jgural@gfpre.com, ray@paulickreport.com, steve@harnesslink.com, & suefinley@thetdn.com so we will see if they even acknowledge my email.