Joe Faraldough is a disgrace.
He is the one who needs an education----99.9% of horsemen and bettors-think Pena may be a cheat--and now his Vet Records have shown that he committed 1700 violations. Some horse raced with 5 medications administered within 2 days of racing--and that's what we know of.
Is this the kind of trainer we want in racing?
This practice of beating the system by loading horses up with drugs INSIDE the WITHDRAWAL times is WRONG JOE FARALDOUGH --and the board has WRITTEN PROOF---PENA IS DONE!!
The fact he got no positive is PROOF he beat the system--not proof of his innocence.
How about the "lavageing" of a joint and injecting it with cortisone 2 days out? The horse is sore so you load it up with cortisone then go race it 48 hours later?
I know what would happen to Lou if he tried this in Australia,NZ, or Hong Kong---he'd be doing 12 months immediately.
All these treatments are what we know of--who knows what else these poor horses were getting.
Incidentally---name me ONE horse that Lou Pena trained in 2009 when he started racing on the East Coast--that is STILL RACING COMPETITIVELY at the same level.
Yes that's right=0 they are all fried.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out Mr Pena.